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In a slippery slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends. [1] The core of the slippery slope argument is that a specific decision under debate is likely to result in unintended consequences. The strength of such an argument ...
Second Thoughts Are Best: or, a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies is a 1729 pamphlet by Daniel Defoe.He wrote it under the name of Andrew Moreton Esq., [1] presented as a dissatisfied middle-class old man who was extremely concerned about the increase in criminality around the 1720s.
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The “slippery slope” refrain was a common one in the Senate hearing Wednesday. “My fear that we start with tight parameters and then down the road, we're just like Canada labeled as worse ...
The Kentucky House gave final approval to House Bill 18, which blocks local governments from adopting source-of-income housing discrimination bans.
The second logical form of the slippery slope argument, referred to as the "arbitrary line" version, [8] argues that the acceptance of A will lead to the acceptance of A1, as A1 is not significantly different from A. A1 will then lead to A2, A2 to A3, and eventually the process will lead to the unacceptable B. [6] As Glover argues, this version ...
The Hook-Handed Man pretends to kill Sunny, who has already escaped using Violet's lockpick. Olaf's mentors kidnap the Snow Scouts with eagles, intending to kill their parents, indoctrinate the Scouts, and gain their fortunes. Carmelita joins Olaf and Esmé while the Baudelaires and Quigley escape down the slope via sled.
Heavy rains trigger a massive mudslide near Hope, B.C. cutting off the Trans-Canada Highway and forcing Jamie's team to work in the kill-zone to recover a buried semi. Mission Towing has to rescue a dump truck teetering on a slippery slope.