I see that our courts are being asked to rule on the propriety of outlawing video games as a "waste of time and money." It seems that we may be onto something here. A favorable ruling would open the door to new laws eliminating show business, spectator sports, cocktail lounges, the state of Nevada, public education and, of course, the entire federal bureaucracy. fallacy

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Tori Colon

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25 October, 13:32

I see that our courts are being asked to rule on the propriety of outlawing video games as a "waste of time and money." It seems that we may be onto something here. A favorable ruling would open the door to new laws eliminating show business, spectator sports, cocktail lounges, the state of Nevada, public education and, of course, the entire federal bureaucracy. fallacy

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Answer: Slippery Slope fallacy

Explanation: Slippery Slope may be a specific form of fallacy which occurs when someone makes a claim about a series of events that may result in one major event, usually a nasty event.

In this fallacy, an individual makes a claim that one event results in another event then on until we come to some awful conclusion.