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defacto7

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43. Nice list. I had better keep an eye on myself.
Mon May 27, 2013, 01:13 AM
May 2013

It also brings me to my signature. I hope I live up to it. I think it is sums up a lot of error in argumentation.

See below ?

Good post. kentuck May 2013 #1
Lots of Internet posters leave the NOT out of that list, MineralMan May 2013 #2
Good advice. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #3
If these were adhered to, internet-wide... annabanana May 2013 #4
What about Progressive dog May 2013 #5
number 6 alone skydive forever May 2013 #6
What TV news shows? pangaia May 2013 #14
Burden of proof reversal shawn703 May 2013 #7
Well, there goes DU krispos42 May 2013 #8
I've seen the pit bull and guns arguments... Dr Hobbitstein May 2013 #16
The fried-chicken topic got so bad... krispos42 May 2013 #28
I read through a lot of DU2 Fried Chicken posts earlier today... Dr Hobbitstein May 2013 #30
It might have been before my time as well. krispos42 May 2013 #53
What's wrong with corn flake fried chicken? dkf May 2013 #51
I think only people that eat raw kittens like CFFC. krispos42 May 2013 #54
Great list, but the author needs to drop the "s" in premises in #10. SunSeeker May 2013 #9
Great list, but #1 is slightly off. ZombieHorde May 2013 #10
I think it can also be misconstrued another way booley May 2013 #35
Good point. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #36
Thamk you very much. Stryder May 2013 #11
Similar in some ways to the "argument pyramid" JBoy May 2013 #12
Great pyramid chart. This is my facebook political posting rule as well - top three only. canoeist52 May 2013 #26
Everybody should study logic. retired rooster May 2013 #13
A List Of Fallacious Arguments N_E_1 for Tennis May 2013 #15
Thanks for the list. SalviaBlue May 2013 #17
Commandment 11 sulphurdunn May 2013 #18
Thou shalt not claim . . FairWinds May 2013 #19
#10 has an error SpankMe May 2013 #20
DU would then have roughly 100 posts per year nt Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #21
LOL. Yup. And other boards would have even less. SunSeeker May 2013 #39
Nice collection of sensible statements SpankMe May 2013 #22
Pithy stuff. Thanks for this Populist_Prole May 2013 #23
Great post. Thank you. cheapdate May 2013 #24
one caveat.. use this list AT YOUR OWN PERIL in an argument with your spouse n/t yodermon May 2013 #25
My spouse has two rules of argument. One, there should never be an argument because she is, by rhett o rick May 2013 #37
K&R G_j May 2013 #27
The top two represent the worst of what can be seen from some posters: 1) ad hominem attacks and AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #29
Yes, lots of those posts all the time. Nt stevenleser May 2013 #47
You know who else had lots of rules? Nevernose May 2013 #31
And you're demonstrating the fallacy, absurdus associationus. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #38
Godwins law, aka argumentum ad hitlerum (there is really such a thing) stevenleser May 2013 #48
Yes, but I only use it when I am desperate. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #52
Stolen for prosterity ismnotwasm May 2013 #32
I just wish that people would stop using the phrase "This begs the question" Silver Swan May 2013 #33
But #4 does not describe "begging the question" either. longship May 2013 #34
And the ignore list is your friend nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #40
11: Correcting a spelling error does not indicate superior knowledge or expertise. lindysalsagal May 2013 #41
Ah, feels like Meta. freshwest May 2013 #42
Doesn't it now? kentauros May 2013 #44
LOL! But playing dumb is your best defense with some people. freshwest May 2013 #45
I wouldn't say I'm "playing dumb" though. kentauros May 2013 #46
Yes! freshwest May 2013 #49
Nice list. I had better keep an eye on myself. defacto7 May 2013 #43
how many fk up at the first one Rise Rebel Resist May 2013 #50
Everyone here would rather eat a raw turd than abide by those rules. Savannahmann May 2013 #55
Following these rules would most likely kill sufrommich May 2013 #56
Kick. A recent OP seemed to violate most of these. nt stevenleser May 2013 #57
Kick stevenleser May 2013 #58
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