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Old 10-27-2007, 05:01 AM
Allinlife Allinlife is offline
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Default Re: AP Spokesman Mark Seif Video Interview Oct 26

R*R,

An Appeal to Authority is a fallacy with the following form:

1. Person A is (claimed to be) an authority on subject S.
2. Person A makes claim C about subject S.
3. Therefore, C is true.

In this case, Person A is Nat Arem, subject S is doing basic investigation work (google/ip address), subject C is deciding whether or not Mark Seif is guilty, which would require some kind of factual proof other than Nat Arem "vouching" for him.