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Old 04-12-2004, 10:24 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Praxus,

Ad populum you said? Acutally it is argumentum ad populum. You must realise that I am not a high school drop out like some By the way I speak 7 languages Everyone in India has to know a minimum of 3 languages.


Appeal to Popularity (argumentum ad populum)

Definition:
A proposition is held to be true because it is widely held to be true or is held to be true by some (usually upper crust) sector of the population. This fallacy is sometimes also called the "Appeal to Emotion" because emotional appeals often sway the population as a whole.

Examples:


If you were beautiful, you could live like this, so buy Buty-EZ and become beautiful. (Here, the appeal is to
the "beautiful people".)

Polls suggest that the Liberals will form a majority government, so you may as well vote for them.

Everyone knows that the Earth is flat, so why do you persist in your outlandish claims?

So Praxus, my boy, who are you kidding? Trying to be clever by half? Rabid racism and neo Fascism is not the answer for winning an argument or a war.

You don't sway anyone excepting the racists, harbouring imperialism and fascism in their heart.

Go back to the Bible my child and let it clease you from your hateful ideas. Others who are nuts like the Islamist fundamentalists can rot in hell, but you need not stoop as low as them. If you do, then how are you any different?

I still harbour hopes in you my child!
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