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Originally Posted by noel
I still know which one I'd rather be smoking, and I would probably need one after reading your post. Is everything you don't agree with '######ed'?
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Is everything I don't agree with ######ed?
No, it's only ######ed when someone is ignoring empirical facts, and making completely irrational arguments to back up their "side".
Especially when they compare two (for the purpose of the point you're trying to illustrate) nearly identical products, state all the bad about one (all of which are shared by the second), and then state that the other is completely different, and therefore safer, because it is part of an irrationally broad set of items, that also includes the first product.
To illustrate, you're argument was something akin to:
Coca-Cola: Comes in aluminum cans (Causes Alzhemiers), contains Carbon Dioxide (poisionous to humans), phosphoric acid (Acids are bad), sodium benzoate (This stuff is really bad. I know this because the sprinkles ,though not cursed, did contain sodium benzoate, and "That's bad")
Pepsi: made with sugar and water, THOSE ARE NATURAL PRODUCTS!
I know wich one is safer!