I decided to talk about Slippery slope arguments. This was interesting to me because it was kind of funny in a way, and it kind of relates to what happens in real life. In the book it defines a slippery slope argument as a bad argument that uses a chain of conditionals, at least one of which is false or dubious. An example that really caught my eye was the one about the football player (Chapter 6, Pg.133, Section B) I can relate to this because this is what people actually think what will happen if you date a football player. There are many assumptions that usually are not true. For example, Zoe says "You'll get pregnant. And you'll marry the guy. But those guys are such jerks…" This is some of the many assumptions people have about football players that may not be true. Basically a slippery slope argument is an argument using false assumptions to convince the person to change their mind.
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seanlinton2, this was an enlightening posting about the slippery slope argument. I liked how you explained why you chose the topic because it shows you had a personal interest in it. The example you found was also a good example to use because it is often a misconception people have about football players. The usage of the book and personal opinion was a nice touch to your article as well. At the end the overall summary on the subject really helped me to envision what you were trying to say and how you percived the slipper slope argument.
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