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1) Appeal to popular opinion. An idea need not be true just because a large number of people happen to believe it to be so. Such an appeal to "the people" is called the appeal to popular opinion. What people happen to believe is, believe it or not, irrelevant to whether it is true or not. An argument for or against the moral permissibility of capital punishment based on public opinion, for example, has no bearing on whether capital punishment is morally acceptable. It probably WILL have an effect on whether or not we PRACTICE capital punishment, but that is a different matter. The majority might just be wrong.
Example: The US should not intervene in Bosnia. This is shown by the fact that most Americans oppose such an intervention.
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seriously, all catholic priests are child molestors? xmedia look up to stats for me...how many catholic priests there are, and how many have been charged with being child molestors.
Most things Americans are passionate about are based upon "urban myth". Dont make excuses for child molestors you all were talking about kiling them all off a few threads ago, but you give the catholics a pass.
