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 > B: <u questionable "Whataboutism – and possibly also a Strawman argument">And what about cars? They are also parked around everywhere. These should actually be banned in the city!</u> > B: <u questionable "Whataboutism – and possibly also a Strawman argument">And what about cars? They are also parked around everywhere. These should actually be banned in the city!</u>
  
-Aside from the fact that cars are already heavily regulated – and owners have to expect to pay towing costs and high fines if they park them in a way that obstructs traffic – and also that A has not called for a //ban//, but only //stricter regulation// of the vehicles known as “e-scooters” (<span maniculus "A form of:">[[rhetoric:straw_man|Strawman argument]]</span>) – by referring to other vehicles, the discussion is not advanced, but rather this is an attempt to distracted from the actual issue at hand. +Aside from the fact that cars are already heavily regulated – and owners have to expect to pay towing costs and high fines if they park them in a way that obstructs traffic – and also that A has not called for a //ban//, but only //stricter regulation// of the vehicles known as “e-scooters” (<span maniculus "A form of:">[[rhetoric:straw_man|Strawman argument]]</span>) – by referring to other vehicles, the discussion is not advanced, but rather this seems like an attempt to distracted from the actual issue at hand. 
 + 
 +==== Tax evasion ==== 
 + 
 +A surprisingly common (but clearly spurious) argument used by some to justify their own “creative” tax optimisation: 
 + 
 +> The super-rich pay virtually no taxes. 
 +> (<s invalid "Spurious conclusion">and that’s why it is justifiable for me to evade taxes, too</s>) 
 + 
 +It is certainly one of the greatest injustices of our time that those who actually benefit most from a functioning and stable society and who also have the best opportunities to support it (through their taxes) at the same time find it all too easy to escape precisely this responsibility. 
 + 
 +However, using this as a justification for one’s own misconduct does nothing to solve the problem and only makes it worse. This has aspects of a spurious argument, even if the main objective here is to convince oneself. 
 + 
 +===== See also ===== 
 + 
 +  * <i :la>[[glossary:ignoratio_elenchi|Ignoratio elenchi]]</i> – Lat./Grc: „ignorance of [correct] refutation“ 
 +  * <i :la>[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:tu_quoque|Tu Quoque]]</i> – related unfair rhetorical tactic involving personal attacks (<span "Lat.: against the person"><i :la>ad hominem</i></span>) 
 + 
 +===== More information ===== 
 + 
 +  * [[wp>Whataboutism|Whataboutism]] on //Wikipedia//

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