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		richardburton on Jan 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Authorities Silence NinjaVideo Founder, Rush He... De dure, not de facto. Show me a report of someone getting arrested for it. Hence my accurate description of his ridiculous scenario appealing to a slippery-slope style train of thought. Case closed.

chairface on Jan 15, 2012 [–]

It's still not a slippery slope. It's an analogy that illustrates what would be possible, de jure. Honestly, there's no slope involved at all.

richardburton on Jan 19, 2012 | [–]

It is not an analogy. What is the analogue? The slope is descending from now (you cannot get arrested for singing happy birthday) to then (you can). Slippery.

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