"A free society is a society in which there are limits on what the police can do. If we want to remain a free society then we need to make a decision. Once a new surveillance technology is installed, it is nearly impossible to stop the slippery slope toward ever broader law enforcement use of it."
I think his paper is a good one, it serves to illustrate his points and he does have some good ones. However, statements like the one above show how persuasive logic fallacy can be, which is all over the document. In fact, he actually uses the term 'slippery slope' to identify the pattern, while not realizing that his argument is, in fact, a slippery slope of possibility and conjecture.
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I think his paper is a good one, it serves to illustrate his points and he does have some good ones. However, statements like the one above show how persuasive logic fallacy can be, which is all over the document. In fact, he actually uses the term 'slippery slope' to identify the pattern, while not realizing that his argument is, in fact, a slippery slope of possibility and conjecture.