> slippery-slope fallacy ... sound absurd by taking it to a far enough extreme.
Assuming that you actually value logic, given your choice of words, how do you not see that the magnitude of the absurdity is directly related a faulty premise - a fallacy?
Live and let live * [1..1000] = nice .. nice
Kill at random * [1..1000] = bad .. horrific
So no, not every policy can be made to sound absurd.
"Live and let live" can absolutely be made to sound absurd by taking it to the extreme. Does the amount of taking-far-enough needed to make something sound absurd vary? Sure. But the post I replied to was doing a whole lot of taking-far-enough.
> ...needed to make something sound absurd vary? Sure.
That is your point, not mine. I'm saying that you're focusing on the wrong part of the equation. Imagine a machine with two variables that you have influence over, calibration error and runtime. You are suggesting short runtimes in order to minimize the impact of calibration error, I'm suggesting recalibration.
I'd love to hear an extreme for "Live and let live", but I'm guessing that whatever scenario you can imagine is based on a faulty premise like "How can we wreak revenge without a death penalty?!".
> That is your point, not mine. I'm saying that you're focusing on the wrong part of the equation. Imagine a machine with two variables that you have influence over, calibration error and runtime. You are suggesting short runtimes in order to minimize the impact of calibration error, I'm suggesting recalibration.
Please stop with the extended metaphors and just say what you're trying to say directly.
> I'd love to hear an extreme for "Live and let live", but I'm guessing that whatever scenario you can imagine is based on a faulty premise like "How can we wreak revenge without a death penalty?!".
Whatever. Are you interested in a constructive discussion or not? There are plenty of silly extremes for "live and let live" - harming the environment in ways that don't kill anyone? Harming themselves in all the various ways that can happen? Harming their children?
I count two metaphors, used only because the direct explanation failed to get through to you.
> Whatever. Are you interested in a constructive discussion or not?
I think it is clear that won't happen, "Whatever" is a strong indicator of disinterest.
> There are plenty of silly extremes for "live and let live"
None of those examples make any sense, which can be explained in two way: you don't know that "live and let live" is an idiom related to coexistence and tolerance, or you think that "extreme" necessitates mutual exclusivity.
Assuming that you actually value logic, given your choice of words, how do you not see that the magnitude of the absurdity is directly related a faulty premise - a fallacy?
So no, not every policy can be made to sound absurd.