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In philosophical argument, the appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ab absurdo, or the horse laugh [18]) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration. Appeal to ridicule is often found in the form of comparing a nuanced ...
Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) [1] is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.
The straight face test (also laugh test or giggle test) is a test of whether something is legitimate or serious based on whether a given statement or legal argument can be made sincerely, without any compulsion to laugh. [1] The phrase goes back to about 1987. [2]
Dolores Sheinis appeared in a Florida court last week for a bond hearing and left with a few new fans.
Robert Schiavelli of Long Island was issued two court summonses for disturbing the peace after his neighbor complained of hearing Robert Schiavelli's Loud Laugh Lands Him in Trouble With Neighbor ...
On 16 August 2004, in a unanimous judgment written by Judge of Appeal Louis Harms, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal but amended the restraint ordered by the High Court, which it said was unduly broad. [5] Thereafter Laugh It Off lodged a final appeal in the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which heard argument on 8 March 2005. [6]
The justices turned away an appeal by a group of gun enthusiasts and firearm advocacy groups of a lower court's refusal to issue a preliminary injunction against the Democratic-led Delaware's ban ...
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 changed the procedures for issuing a certificate of appealability in federal court. Under the 1996 law, there can be no appeal from a final order in a §2255 proceeding unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. [7] The United States Supreme Court held in ...