Look at these:
"If (religious figure) said it was so, it is so." - ad verecundiam
"Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian. Adolf Hitler was evil. Therefore vegetarianism must be evil." - Guilt by association
"Thomas Jefferson argued that slavery was wrong and should be abolished, but since Jefferson himself owned slaves, it clearly was not wrong." - ad hominem
"Believe in God or burn in Hell." - ad metam
"It hasn't been proved true, so it must be false." - ad ignorantiam
"Most Americans hold that the Vietnam War was morally wrong. Therefore, the Vietnam War was morally wrong." - ad numerum
"Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!" - Chewbacca Defence
*For more logical fallacies, examples and details, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring*
2007-04-16
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