Frivolous literary note

[Henry Musikar]

"Slippery slope" is something you don't wanna drop in the shower.
But seriously, I don't see much difference between a "slippery slope" 
and a thin wedge.

On 16 May 97 at 8:51, Joe Varo <vjvaro at erie.net> wrote:
<snip>
> Thanks for the back-up on this, Jimmy.  My interpretation of the
> "slippery slope" is that once you do or allow something to be done
> once then you set a precedent for other like actions to be done. 
> Sort of like the current late-term abortion arguments going on in
> congress, i.e. if you ban one method then next they'll want to ban
> another method, and another, etc.
> 
> I think that Dennis's description is more along the lines of a hasty
> generalization.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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