But there is a dangerous line here, across which lies the logical fallacy of " argumentum ad misericordiam ".
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:Two named fallacies that come close are the " argumentum ad misericordiam " and the fallacy of Unobtainable Perfection, on which we don't have an article, but which is listed in Madsen Pirie's book.
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In his book, " Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse ", Frans H . van Eemeren stating that " visual messages which accompany verbal argumentation can be so drastic that rational argumentation becomes almost impossible " described Nayirah's story as an " argumentum ad misericordiam ".
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Accusing those who disagree with him of using the " Chewbacca defense " from South Park : " I was thinking about whether the bad arguments of the Obama loathers here fit better in " Argumentum ad misericordiam " or " Argumentum ad nauseam " . . . " " It would be a lot easier not to presume bad faith if a few radical anti-Obama partisans wouldn't so obviously display it ( even using multiple sock-puppets to do so in one case . . . ) " [ http : / / en . wikipedia . org / w / index . php ? title = Talk : Barack _ Obama & diff = prev & oldid = 217594441 More low-level edit-warring, the second with an edit summary containing " WTF ? " Trying to cast doubt on reliable sources by saying, " I'm sure that some major news sources are either lying or doing really bad fact checking . " [ http : / / en . wikipedia . org / w / index . php ? title = Talk : Barack _ Obama & diff = prev & oldid = 217618846
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