I wasn't really commenting on ELP's post. I was just commenting on the slippery slope argument in the abstract. It is admittedly often labeled a logical fallacy. And yet, accounting for societal momentum is still a valid consideration in the real world. A wall is built brick by brick, and some people don't know when to stop stacking bricks. That is how nations fall...incremental debt, or incremental societal rot, or other incremental processes.
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Yes, the slope helps change; calling attention to it slows change.
Replies to: "Yes, the slope helps change; calling attention to it slows change."
- Illinois Governor Jelly Belly signed the "Aid-In-Dying" act the other day. - ELP - 10:39am 12/16/25
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- It bears noting that the American Academy of Family Physicians, by a 2:1 margin approved a position [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 1:25pm 12/16/25
- Situation ethics? [LINK]
- Curly1918 - 1:48pm 12/16/25
- Couldn't find the server...can you cut and paste a relevant excerpt?...btw, "Situational Ethics" is - TyroneIrish - 3:36pm 12/16/25
- Situation ethics? [LINK]
- Curly1918 - 1:48pm 12/16/25
- I've never understood the opposition to self-euthanasia. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 12:12pm 12/16/25
- Recent case: Canada refuses treatment to woman, leaving her with death as only choice. [LINK] - NedoftheHill - 1:45pm 12/16/25
- It won't stop w/ the terminally ill. It never does w/ the Dems. - ELP - 1:18pm 12/16/25
- Yes that is the secret plan. Who told you? - Chris94 - 3:05pm 12/16/25
- What secret plan? The left has left a blueprint of how things work. - ELP - 3:58pm 12/16/25
- Absolutely. Don’t listen to everyone. You’re smart, not like they say. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:33pm 12/16/25
- What secret plan? The left has left a blueprint of how things work. - ELP - 3:58pm 12/16/25
- The old slippery slope argument... [NT]
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- iairishcheeks - 1:39pm 12/16/25
- People who want change rely on the slippery slope to get where they want to go. - NedoftheHill - 1:53pm 12/16/25
- Here it is being used against change. - iairishcheeks - 2:18pm 12/16/25
- Yes, the slope helps change; calling attention to it slows change. - NedoftheHill - 3:58pm 12/16/25
- You could argue any ridiculous outcome in either direction using that logic. - iairishcheeks - 7:40pm 12/16/25
- Except that there is no slippery slope towards smaller government, only more government. - NedoftheHill - 10:40pm 12/16/25
- Yes there is, no government, anarchy. - iairishcheeks - 11:55pm 12/16/25
- Except that there is no slippery slope towards smaller government, only more government. - NedoftheHill - 10:40pm 12/16/25
- You could argue any ridiculous outcome in either direction using that logic. - iairishcheeks - 7:40pm 12/16/25
- Yes, the slope helps change; calling attention to it slows change. - NedoftheHill - 3:58pm 12/16/25
- Here it is being used against change. - iairishcheeks - 2:18pm 12/16/25
- People who want change rely on the slippery slope to get where they want to go. - NedoftheHill - 1:53pm 12/16/25
- Yes that is the secret plan. Who told you? - Chris94 - 3:05pm 12/16/25
- These policies represent the "managing of our decline." [NT] - Curly1918 - 11:02am 12/16/25
- The good news is "Aid-In-Dying" now only requires busing to certain parts of Chicago... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 10:44am 12/16/25
- It bears noting that the American Academy of Family Physicians, by a 2:1 margin approved a position [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 1:25pm 12/16/25
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