To Assist In Your Debating Skills - Bad Arguments I'm Tired Of Hearing And You Need To Retire

Oh. My. Goodness.

1. Anything where you compare Race to Sexual Orientation.

2. Anything utilizing the phrase "slippery slope."

3. Anything where you are not held responsible for your actions because of some condition of your birth, rather genetic or environmental.

4. Any argument that requires a shared religious belief system.

5. Arguments that declares the other person will surely be eternally damned for their opinion.

6. Arguments which ignores the fact that a parent should be a child's primary source of information, especially concerning moral behavior.

7. Anything which predicts the end of society as we know it.

8. Expanding definitions to fit your needs, restricting them when they don't help you.


I have more, but there is a dinosaur park I want to go to with dinosaurs reportedly Eating People. I need to clean my house, pack a lunch and put on make-up (I must look my best should today be the day I become a mangled corpse). Oh, and get the kids ready.

Don't worry - if I do die Greg just took out a life insurance policy on me. We've got a couple on him, too, just in case his brake line gets cut, uh, I mean, wears through. So, you know, he should be able to find a good nanny and a maid to tide him over until he finds a new wife. One who doesn't yell when he eats dozens of Halloween sized candy bars the night before Halloween, leaves the wrappers on the floor for the kids to find and her to pick up (to be fair, I helped him eat it and left mine on the floor, too, but it was his idea!) I hope she blogs for you ....