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The Irish Solution to The Ben Lomond Problem 10-Oct-2017 At 4:43:17 PM Wendy

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On 9-Oct-2017 Karl Bromelow wrote:

>For me Arapiles' slippery slope hit rock bottom when a bolt was placed
>on Watchtower Crack.

What, in 1967 or whenever it was first done? It's had multiple carrots in it since then.

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>And for what it's worth, comparing this with the same sex marriage argument
>is simply ridiculous and a little bit provocative, and about that I am
>most definitely right, aren't I?

Actually, it's just classic slippery slope argument with which to compare it. I googled "slippery slope logical fallacy" just then to get an explanation for the logic denialists and it's a common example. I am not alone. Try https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/slippery-slope