(1) Ad Hominem
(2) Straw Man
(3) Burden Of Proof
(4) Appeal To Authority
(5) Slippery Slope
(6) No True Scotsman
(7) Appeal To Popularity
(8) False Dilemma
TOM: Hey, anyone online here?
DAN: Hey now, Tom! What’s up?
TOM: You see that documentary about the War On Terror last night on the TV?
ANN: It was awful. It was pure propaganda.
RIK: The government is trying to brainwash us.
JAN: Talking of TV, you see that news story about more and more people in big cities living together before getting married?
TOM: The US had no choice but to invade Iraq.
ANN: [to Tom] How so?
DAN: [to Ann] Tom’s right. It was either do that or just let terrorists take over the world. (8)
BOB: [to Jan] Wow! The times they are a-changing!
GAB: [to Jan] You either stop people from doing that or the whole idea of the family will be destroyed forever. (5)
JAN: [to Gab] Maybe it makes sense to see if you are compatible before taking the big step.
ANN: [to Dan] But Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11
PAM: What does Gab know about love and marriage? She doesn’t even have a boyfriend! (1)
GAB: [to Jan] The usual nonsense from someone with no sense of morality! (1)
SUE: [to Ann] So you say. But can you back that up with any evidence? Nope. Iraq was behind 9/11. No doubt about it. (3)
DAN: [to Ann] My brother did two tours with the Marines in Iraq. He’s seen the place for himself. He agrees with Sue. (4)
BOB: [to Jan] In theory, maybe. But culture doesn’t change overnight. It’s the women who are likely to to be left high and dry while the men go around testing ‘compatability’ at no cost to their reputations.
TOM: I’m with you, Sue. That book by George Bush’s Chief Of Staff leaves me in no doubt that Iraq ordered those planes to be flown into those buildings. Pure evil! (4)
KAZ: Hello everybody!
PAM: Hiya Kazu!
RON: Wow it’s like a nerds’ convention in here!
SUE: Ann thinks the US should have done nothing in response to the 9/11 attacks. (2)
ANN: [to Dan] Well my sister was an army paramedic in Iraq and she said they found no WMDs while she was there. (4)
TED: [to Sue] Bingo!
PIG: Ade?
ADE: Yo! What’s occurring bro?
PIG: You’re an idiot!
KAZ: Ian, are you here?
IAN: Hi Kaz. Yes, I’m here. I hear they are going to start letting foreigners buy property and houses in Indonesia.
KAZ: [to Ian] Bad idea.
PAM: [to Kaz] Surprise, surprise. Mister Negativity speaks! Why is it a bad idea? (1 - but only a mild example)
KAZ: [to Pam] The price of land will go through the roof.
PAM: [to Kaz] Everything connected with turning Indonesia into a modern country is a bad idea to you. (2 - presumably)
DAN: [to Ann] We’re talking about 9/11, not WMDs.
SUE: [to Dan] Ignore Ann. She’s not patriotic. You can’t believe anything she says. (1) (6)
ADE: [to Pig] Takes one to know one.
TOM: [to Sue] Yes. Over 80% of Americans supported the invasion of Iraq. Ann seems to think they were all wrong. (7)
ANN: [to Bob] I agree. Culture puts more pressure on women than it does on men.
TED: [to Bob] You’ve hit the nail on the head.
GAB: [to Ann] Two thousand years of culture and tradition cannot be wrong. (4 - or, in this case, we can refer to this as an Appeal To Tradition)
KAZ: [to Pam] Oh?
IAN: [to Kaz] It’s already happened with all the money from gold and oil.
PAM: [to Ian] If we block foreign investment, Indonesia will be a poor country forever. (Sounds like a 5 but he may have arguments to back up his opinion)
ANN: [to Gab] Culture and traditions change.
GAB: [to Ann] Well we either stop it from happening or our culture will just go to hell. (5)
PAM: [to Gab] You’ll be singing a different tune when you start having sex yourself and your tragic two thousand year wait is over! (1)
DAN: [to Dan] To hear her talk, are we even sure Ann is an American? She sounds like a communist. (1) (6)
TOM: [to Dan] The other day she was talking about making cuts in military spending. Unbelievable.
SUE: [to Dan] Good point. If you let people like Ann decide things, the next thing you know is we don’t have any military at all. (2) (5)
IAN: [to Pam] Who said anything about blocking investment?
KAZ: [to Ian] Pam is saying, not letting foreigners buy property in Indonesia is the same as blocking investment.
PIG: [to Ade] You calling me an idiot?
ADE: Yes.
DAN: [to Pam] That’s a bit harsh! Pretty damn funny, but harsh. Leave Gab alone. She knows much more about morality than you do. Everybody disagrees with you, Pam. (4)
JAN: [to Bob] Gab reckons people should be forced to get married even before they decide if they are compatible or not. (2)
TED: [to Jan] Gab is a right wing nutjob. Bear that in mind when she starts frothing at the mouth about morality. (1)
RON: Ladies and gentlemen there is a fire in this chat room. Please make your way to the doors in an orderly fashion.
DAN: [to Dan] Getting rid of the armed forces is like lying down and saying to the world, come on then, walk all over us. Ann is a fool. A dangerous fool.
RIK: The 9/11 attacks were a false flag operation by the US government to give them an excuse to attack Islamic countries.
TED: [to Rik] Bingo!
TOM: [to Rik] That’s just a crazy conspiracy theory! (1)
PIP: I see that they are letting gay people have civil weddings in the USA.
KEN: [to Pip] It’s about time too. We should put an end to discrimination.
PIP: I agree.
PAM: [to Kaz] Economics experts say we should let foreigners invest in property. They say it’ll be good for Indonesia. (4)
KAZ: [to Pam] Which experts? Anyone can say they are an economics expert.
PAM: [to Kaz] I’d prefer to listen to them than listen to your Bullsh*t!
IAN: [to Pam] Which people in Indonesia will it be good for?
PIG: [to Ade] So you are calling me an idiot?
ADE: Yes. I aready said so.
PIG: But I called you an idiot first.
ADE: I was already thinking it days ago.
GAB: [to Jan] You seem to think we can just abolish the institution of marriage altogether. (2)
TED: [to Jan] See what I mean?
SUE: [to Jan] I read a book by a psychologist. It was about people choosing to live together before getting married. They find out whether they are suited first. Apparently it is a good idea. The book left me in no doubt. (4)
GAB: [to Sue] Sounds like some kind of bogus psychologist to me. How could he possibly ignore the damage it does to society? (6)
RON: You’re all wankers. Every single one of you. I’m out of here. Bye.
TED: Bye Ron. Thanks for stopping by.
GAB: [to Pip and Ken] It’s another nail in the coffin for decent traditional family values. (5)
KEN: [to Gab] No one is saying you have to change your values, Gab. It’s just a case of treating all people as equal before the law.
KAZ: [to Pam] Ordinary Indonesians will never be able to afford to buy houses again.
TOM: [to Kaz] Don’t worry. Ann will be along soon to say investment is evil, so the government should ban foreign culture and give free houses to all Indonesians. (2)
DAN: [to Tom] I bet you Ann was born in North Korea. Have you seen her hairstyle? How can anyone take what she says seriously? (1)
TED: [to Gab] You’re frothing at the mouth again! (1)
DAN: [to Gab] Ann says culture puts more pressure on women than it does on men in matters of pre-marital sex like it’s a bad thing.
TOM: [to Dan] Ann is a communist. (1)
RIK: [to Tom] I think it’s absolutely obvious to anyone who isn’t brainwashed or a complete idiot. All the evidence points the same way. The government did it. Show me that they didn’t. You can’t, can you? (8)
PIG: [to Ade] I was already thinking it weeks ago.
GAB: [to Ken] Today it’s gay marriage. Tomorrow it’s sex with animals and sex with children. (5)
PIP: [to Gab] Wow. What nonsense!
SUE: [to Rik] Rik and Ann should go get a room together and plot the downfall of the USA. (1)
DAN: [to Sue] Yep! Don’t listen to Rik. He’s insane. All he ever comes up with are crazy theories. (1)
ADE: I was already thinking you were an idiot months ago.
RIK: [to Tom] What do Anne’s political beliefs have to do with anything?
ANN: [to Rik] Wait! Hang on! I am NOT a communist!
SUE: [to Ann] You want to get rid of the army. You want to get rid of marriage. You despise your own culture. If you walk like a duck. If you talk like a duck. Then maybe it’s simple: you’re a duck. (2)
GAB: [to Pip] Go ahead. Shout me down. It won’t stop me from speaking out.
RON: I’m back! Did you w*nkers miss me?
(1) Ad Hominem
(2) Straw Man
(3) Burden Of Proof
(4) Appeal To Authority
(5) Slippery Slope
(6) No True Scotsman
(7) Appeal To Popularity
(8) False Dilemma
(2) Straw Man
(3) Burden Of Proof
(4) Appeal To Authority
(5) Slippery Slope
(6) No True Scotsman
(7) Appeal To Popularity
(8) False Dilemma
TOM: Hey, anyone online here?
DAN: Hey now, Tom! What’s up?
TOM: You see that documentary about the War On Terror last night on the TV?
ANN: It was awful. It was pure propaganda.
RIK: The government is trying to brainwash us.
JAN: Talking of TV, you see that news story about more and more people in big cities living together before getting married?
TOM: The US had no choice but to invade Iraq.
ANN: [to Tom] How so?
DAN: [to Ann] Tom’s right. It was either do that or just let terrorists take over the world. (8)
BOB: [to Jan] Wow! The times they are a-changing!
GAB: [to Jan] You either stop people from doing that or the whole idea of the family will be destroyed forever. (5)
JAN: [to Gab] Maybe it makes sense to see if you are compatible before taking the big step.
ANN: [to Dan] But Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11
PAM: What does Gab know about love and marriage? She doesn’t even have a boyfriend! (1)
GAB: [to Jan] The usual nonsense from someone with no sense of morality! (1)
SUE: [to Ann] So you say. But can you back that up with any evidence? Nope. Iraq was behind 9/11. No doubt about it. (3)
DAN: [to Ann] My brother did two tours with the Marines in Iraq. He’s seen the place for himself. He agrees with Sue. (4)
BOB: [to Jan] In theory, maybe. But culture doesn’t change overnight. It’s the women who are likely to to be left high and dry while the men go around testing ‘compatability’ at no cost to their reputations.
TOM: I’m with you, Sue. That book by George Bush’s Chief Of Staff leaves me in no doubt that Iraq ordered those planes to be flown into those buildings. Pure evil! (4)
KAZ: Hello everybody!
PAM: Hiya Kazu!
RON: Wow it’s like a nerds’ convention in here!
SUE: Ann thinks the US should have done nothing in response to the 9/11 attacks. (2)
ANN: [to Dan] Well my sister was an army paramedic in Iraq and she said they found no WMDs while she was there. (4)
TED: [to Sue] Bingo!
PIG: Ade?
ADE: Yo! What’s occurring bro?
PIG: You’re an idiot!
KAZ: Ian, are you here?
IAN: Hi Kaz. Yes, I’m here. I hear they are going to start letting foreigners buy property and houses in Indonesia.
KAZ: [to Ian] Bad idea.
PAM: [to Kaz] Surprise, surprise. Mister Negativity speaks! Why is it a bad idea? (1 - but only a mild example)
KAZ: [to Pam] The price of land will go through the roof.
PAM: [to Kaz] Everything connected with turning Indonesia into a modern country is a bad idea to you. (2 - presumably)
DAN: [to Ann] We’re talking about 9/11, not WMDs.
SUE: [to Dan] Ignore Ann. She’s not patriotic. You can’t believe anything she says. (1) (6)
ADE: [to Pig] Takes one to know one.
TOM: [to Sue] Yes. Over 80% of Americans supported the invasion of Iraq. Ann seems to think they were all wrong. (7)
ANN: [to Bob] I agree. Culture puts more pressure on women than it does on men.
TED: [to Bob] You’ve hit the nail on the head.
GAB: [to Ann] Two thousand years of culture and tradition cannot be wrong. (4 - or, in this case, we can refer to this as an Appeal To Tradition)
KAZ: [to Pam] Oh?
IAN: [to Kaz] It’s already happened with all the money from gold and oil.
PAM: [to Ian] If we block foreign investment, Indonesia will be a poor country forever. (Sounds like a 5 but he may have arguments to back up his opinion)
ANN: [to Gab] Culture and traditions change.
GAB: [to Ann] Well we either stop it from happening or our culture will just go to hell. (5)
PAM: [to Gab] You’ll be singing a different tune when you start having sex yourself and your tragic two thousand year wait is over! (1)
DAN: [to Dan] To hear her talk, are we even sure Ann is an American? She sounds like a communist. (1) (6)
TOM: [to Dan] The other day she was talking about making cuts in military spending. Unbelievable.
SUE: [to Dan] Good point. If you let people like Ann decide things, the next thing you know is we don’t have any military at all. (2) (5)
IAN: [to Pam] Who said anything about blocking investment?
KAZ: [to Ian] Pam is saying, not letting foreigners buy property in Indonesia is the same as blocking investment.
PIG: [to Ade] You calling me an idiot?
ADE: Yes.
DAN: [to Pam] That’s a bit harsh! Pretty damn funny, but harsh. Leave Gab alone. She knows much more about morality than you do. Everybody disagrees with you, Pam. (4)
JAN: [to Bob] Gab reckons people should be forced to get married even before they decide if they are compatible or not. (2)
TED: [to Jan] Gab is a right wing nutjob. Bear that in mind when she starts frothing at the mouth about morality. (1)
RON: Ladies and gentlemen there is a fire in this chat room. Please make your way to the doors in an orderly fashion.
DAN: [to Dan] Getting rid of the armed forces is like lying down and saying to the world, come on then, walk all over us. Ann is a fool. A dangerous fool.
RIK: The 9/11 attacks were a false flag operation by the US government to give them an excuse to attack Islamic countries.
TED: [to Rik] Bingo!
TOM: [to Rik] That’s just a crazy conspiracy theory! (1)
PIP: I see that they are letting gay people have civil weddings in the USA.
KEN: [to Pip] It’s about time too. We should put an end to discrimination.
PIP: I agree.
PAM: [to Kaz] Economics experts say we should let foreigners invest in property. They say it’ll be good for Indonesia. (4)
KAZ: [to Pam] Which experts? Anyone can say they are an economics expert.
PAM: [to Kaz] I’d prefer to listen to them than listen to your Bullsh*t!
IAN: [to Pam] Which people in Indonesia will it be good for?
PIG: [to Ade] So you are calling me an idiot?
ADE: Yes. I aready said so.
PIG: But I called you an idiot first.
ADE: I was already thinking it days ago.
GAB: [to Jan] You seem to think we can just abolish the institution of marriage altogether. (2)
TED: [to Jan] See what I mean?
SUE: [to Jan] I read a book by a psychologist. It was about people choosing to live together before getting married. They find out whether they are suited first. Apparently it is a good idea. The book left me in no doubt. (4)
GAB: [to Sue] Sounds like some kind of bogus psychologist to me. How could he possibly ignore the damage it does to society? (6)
RON: You’re all wankers. Every single one of you. I’m out of here. Bye.
TED: Bye Ron. Thanks for stopping by.
GAB: [to Pip and Ken] It’s another nail in the coffin for decent traditional family values. (5)
KEN: [to Gab] No one is saying you have to change your values, Gab. It’s just a case of treating all people as equal before the law.
KAZ: [to Pam] Ordinary Indonesians will never be able to afford to buy houses again.
TOM: [to Kaz] Don’t worry. Ann will be along soon to say investment is evil, so the government should ban foreign culture and give free houses to all Indonesians. (2)
DAN: [to Tom] I bet you Ann was born in North Korea. Have you seen her hairstyle? How can anyone take what she says seriously? (1)
TED: [to Gab] You’re frothing at the mouth again! (1)
DAN: [to Gab] Ann says culture puts more pressure on women than it does on men in matters of pre-marital sex like it’s a bad thing.
TOM: [to Dan] Ann is a communist. (1)
RIK: [to Tom] I think it’s absolutely obvious to anyone who isn’t brainwashed or a complete idiot. All the evidence points the same way. The government did it. Show me that they didn’t. You can’t, can you? (8)
PIG: [to Ade] I was already thinking it weeks ago.
GAB: [to Ken] Today it’s gay marriage. Tomorrow it’s sex with animals and sex with children. (5)
PIP: [to Gab] Wow. What nonsense!
SUE: [to Rik] Rik and Ann should go get a room together and plot the downfall of the USA. (1)
DAN: [to Sue] Yep! Don’t listen to Rik. He’s insane. All he ever comes up with are crazy theories. (1)
ADE: I was already thinking you were an idiot months ago.
RIK: [to Tom] What do Anne’s political beliefs have to do with anything?
ANN: [to Rik] Wait! Hang on! I am NOT a communist!
SUE: [to Ann] You want to get rid of the army. You want to get rid of marriage. You despise your own culture. If you walk like a duck. If you talk like a duck. Then maybe it’s simple: you’re a duck. (2)
GAB: [to Pip] Go ahead. Shout me down. It won’t stop me from speaking out.
RON: I’m back! Did you w*nkers miss me?
(1) Ad Hominem
(2) Straw Man
(3) Burden Of Proof
(4) Appeal To Authority
(5) Slippery Slope
(6) No True Scotsman
(7) Appeal To Popularity
(8) False Dilemma
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