Fallacies of Relevance Example #5_Poisoning The Well Answer

	Ms. Parker- I just think it should be against the law to make money in a way that knowingly harms animals.
	Ms. French- Ms. Parker obviously is wrong. If she had her way, we'd be arresting automobile drivers for accidentally running over a dog.

HINT: Poisoning The Well is reasoning that rejects a person’s anticipated statement, argument, or action by attacking that person’s character rather than examining the merits of the anticipated statement, argument or action. This argument does reject a person's statement, but it is not Poisoning The Well for two reasons. First, it does not reject an anticipated statement. Second, it does not attack the other person.

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