A senator claims that his new tax plan will help the middle class. His opponent says that the rich senator doesn't care about the middle class.

A father tells his son not to hit others, but that if they hit him first, it's okay.

An addiction to drugs or alcohol can completely ruin someone's life. If you play too many video games and get addicted, you're going to ruin your life too.

A commercial claims that a specific brand of cereal is the best way to start the day because athlete Michael Jordan says that it is what he eats every day for breakfast.

Either you buy me this new book, or you decide that reading is not important at all.

How many times per day do you beat your wife?

I don't think it's a good idea to lower the drinking age. Next thing we know kids will get to drive at age ten, and vote at fifteen. Let kids be kids and adults be adults.

Student: Why didn't I receive full credit for my essay?

Teacher: Because your paper did not meet the requirements for full credit.

Daughter: I'm so hurt that Todd broke up with me, Mom.

Mother: Just think of all the starving children in Africa, honey. Your problems will seem pretty insignificant then.

Person 1 makes claim Y.

Person 2 restates person 1’s claim (in a distorted way).

Person 2 attacks the distorted version of the claim.

Therefore, claim Y is false.

Parent: I don’t want you to smoke marijuana.

Son: But you told me that you did when you were my age.

Have you stopped mistreating your pet?

No! Don't eat that piece of chocolate. Today, it's one piece of chocolate, but tomorrow, you've gained 20 kgs!

My roommate said her philosophy class was hard, and the one I’m in is hard, too.

All philosophy classes must be hard!