Fallacies of Relevance
Sep 22, 2022
- The authorities must not build new houses, because all materials for construction are of natural origin. As everyone knows, nowadays, the world is suffering from pollution, lack of resources and global warming. The authorities should think about it.
- Breaking into other people’s homes is illegal and should be punished with a prison term. But firefighters also break into houses in case of fire. Therefore, they should also be punished by the court.
- Literature teachers in Russia discuss with children such novel as ‘Crime and Punishment.’ It is obvious that they are promoting depression and murder. But depression leads to suicide, and murder is illegal and immoral, so we have to fire all literature teachers.
