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  • Apr 26, 2012, 05:55 PM
    Meljam32
    What fallacy is this?
    In the East, college football is a cultural exercise, on the West Coast, it is a tourist attraction In the Midwest, it is cannibalism….But in the South it is religion…..
    And Saturday is the holy day
  • Apr 28, 2012, 02:07 AM
    TUT317
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Meljam32 View Post
    In the East, college football is a cultural exercise, on the West Coast, it is a tourist attraction In the Midwest, it is cannibalism….But in the South it is religion…..
    And Saturday is the holy day

    I would guess this is a fallacy of false analogy. You can never prove anything by analogy.

    Tut

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