The Time Has Come to Outlaw the Use of Tobacco

question 247

Multiple Choice

The time has come to outlaw the use of tobacco in all public places. The noxious vapors from burning cigarettes and the stench of smoldering cigars is revolting to say the least. And that nasty brown slime squirting forth from the foul mouths of chewers is enough to turn one's stomach. End this assault on our health and senses this very instant! Send the filthy tobacco hounds back to where they came from!

• A) No fallacy.
• B) Missing the point.
• C) Slippery slope.
• D) Appeal to the people.
• E) Appeal to pity.

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Definitions:

Free Thought

The philosophy that opinions should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, or dogma.

Rhetorical Device

A technique used in writing or speaking to persuade, influence, or please an audience.

Sarcasm

The use of ridicule, insults, taunting, and/or caustic irony.

Euphemism

The replacement of a term that has a negative association by a neutral or positive term.