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Re:Drop Dropbox by MarkPNeyer on Thursday April 10, 2014 @01:40PM (#7568229)
it's a logical device. it is not always a logical fallacy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

Re:Drop Dropbox by vdaniuk on Thursday April 10, 2014 @01:42PM (#7568248)
Thank you for educating me, I didn't know that. However, I feel that in this case, my point still stands.
Re:Drop Dropbox by sergiosgc on Thursday April 10, 2014 @01:54PM (#7568340)
My comment only stated that responding to a long term analysis of this issue with a short term analysis is wrong because, if this is a slippery slope, it can only be detected with a long term view.

I can't see your point. Which is natural, as you haven't explained it.

Re:Drop Dropbox by vdaniuk on Thursday April 10, 2014 @01:59PM (#7568379)
My point is that your use of slippery slope was a logical fallacy. You haven't provided the analysis itself. Would you like to do that?
Re:Drop Dropbox by sergiosgc on Thursday April 10, 2014 @02:25PM (#7568622)
Was it? How? I can't read into your head. I don't know how you got to that conclusion.

Is qualifying the present situation as a slippery slope central to my argument? What if the present situation is not a slippery slope. Is my argument false? It isn't:

One comment takes a long term analysis and tries to determine if we are in a slippery slope. The reply ignores the long term view and looks at the particular situation.

Looking at the particular, short term situation is ineffective for determining if we are in a slippery slope. (this sentence is the crux of my argument)