If you could ban one logical fallacy or debating tactic...

[joey2000]

Originally Posted by TKramar

I feel "ad hominem" to be the most annoying.

I hate all pompous, pseudo-intellectual terms like that. "Non sequitur" is another.

[PanTerra]

Originally Posted by joey2000

I hate all pompous, pseudo-intellectual terms like that. "Non sequitur" is another.

That just doesn't follow.

[Escort Rider]

Non-sequitur is not a pseudo-intellectual term. It's a real one. Neither is it pompous. Of course it can be used in pompous ways by pseudo-intellectuals.

[stan4]

I hate it when people bring up examples of bad things we do that are legal/commonplace/accepted in order to justify other bad things. There is such a departure from real logic there...