And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:13:03 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>> I'm trying to think of the term used to describe a paticular fallacy -
>
>> 'If you do it for X (greater) you have to do it for Y (lesser)'
>
>   Sounds like a slippery slope to me.

Hmm I associate that more with the answer to 'Where's the harm in just  
taking one?' IOW one is likely to lead to another, but doesn't *have* to.  
You may technically be correct, it just sounds wrong in this context.

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Phil Cook

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