We admit that this measure is popular. But we also urge you to note that there are so many issues on this ballot that the whole thing is getting ridiculous.
What is Red Herring
100
Employees are like nails. Just as nails must be hit in the head in order to make them work, so must employees.
What is faulty analogy
100
upset kitty should not be president because he is upset
What is ad hominem
100
We need new management; our present supervisor has been in semi-retirement for at least two years.”
What is Misuse of humor
100
“Join the Pepsi generation."
What is Quick fix
200
Bill: "God must exist."
Jill: "How do you know."
Bill: "Because the Bible says so."
Jill: "Why should I believe the Bible?"
Bill: "Because the Bible was written by God."
What is Begging the question
200
You’re either with me or against me.
What is Either/or
200
“But Mom, everyone gets to stay out until 1:00 a.m.
What is Bandwagon
200
“If she only hadn’t been married at such an early age, she’d be much happier now.”
What is Contrary to fact /Time machine
200
“Dad, you should buy stock in coke company; my social studies teacher did.”
What is Appeal to false authority
300
"I'm positive that my work will meet your requirements. I really need the job since i my mother is sick"
What is appeal to pity
300
“Lots of people bought this song, so it must be good.”
What is appeal to ignorance
300
"celebrities driving a ford car,celebrities using a iPhone."
What is plain folks
300
"Marines. Do you have what it takes?"
What is snob appeal
300
My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen, and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you.
What is Hasty Generalization
400
Ralph Wiggum: Martin Luther King had a dream. Dreams are where Elmo and Toy Story had a party and I was invited. Yay! My turn is over!
Principal Skinner: One of your best, Ralphie.
What is Non-Sequitur
400
Because i didn't wash my jersey my team won
What is Post Hoc (false Cause)
400
If we want to end substance abuse, let's send every drug user to prison for life.
What is Oversimplification
400
A tiger eats more food than a human being. Therefore, tigers, as a group, eat more food than do all the humans on the earth.
What is composition
400
"The ball is blue, therefore the atoms that make it up are also blue."
What is Division
500
"The US shouldn't get involved militarily in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will then send in more and more to die."
What is slippery slope
500
Jack has borrowed Jared's iPod, but he didn't return it. He tell's himself that it is okay to keep it, since he would have taken his.
What is Two wrongs make a right
500
"mom you smoked when you were my age so i should be able to."
What is past belief
500
The film was"extraordinarily" excellent according to David Copperfield,(when what he really said was it was "extraordinarily boring"
What is Quote out of context
500
"those who seek to abolish the death penalty are seeking to allow murderers and others who commit heinous crimes to simply get off Scot-free with no consequences for their actions."