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(New page: This type of fallacy is exemplified by the following formulation: Hitler built Autobahns (freeways). Hitler was evil. Therefore, building autobahns is evil. Whilst pyschological and beha...)
 
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Therefore, building autobahns is evil.
Therefore, building autobahns is evil.


Whilst pyschological and behavioural scumtells exist, a huge amount of things that players say and do as scum are not directly related to their alignment.  Unless an accusor is able to demonstrate that a player has a [u]significant[/u] tendency to do something more frequently as scum than town, or that there is a particular incentive for scum to act in that manner, then the argument is logically dubious.
Whilst pyschological and behavioural scumtells exist, a huge amount of things that players say and do as scum are not directly related to their alignment.  Unless an accusor is able to demonstrate that a player has a '''significant''' tendency to do something more frequently as scum than town, or that there is a particular incentive for scum to act in that manner, then the argument is logically dubious.

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This type of fallacy is exemplified by the following formulation:

Hitler built Autobahns (freeways). Hitler was evil. Therefore, building autobahns is evil.

Whilst pyschological and behavioural scumtells exist, a huge amount of things that players say and do as scum are not directly related to their alignment. Unless an accusor is able to demonstrate that a player has a significant tendency to do something more frequently as scum than town, or that there is a particular incentive for scum to act in that manner, then the argument is logically dubious.