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Identify instances of pseudoreasoning in the following passages either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the pseudoreasons are irrelevant to the point at issue.
46.You shouldn’t wear anything made of white harp seal fur. Do you know how they get that fur? Baby harp seals, which are among the sweetest-looking creatures on earth, are clubbed to death right in front of their mothers when they are just days or weeks old.
47.I am absolutely sick of hearing about those L.A. police officers who committed all those crimes. It’s time for the press to lay off and give law enforcement officers a break. There are a lot of very good police officers out there, and they aren’t recognized nearly as often as they should be.
48.“There’s no reason to investigate something that never happened.”
—Bush administration spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, when asked what he thought about an investigation of charges that the 1980 Reagan campaign made a deal with Iran to delay release of American hostages until after that year’s presidential election.
49.Overheard somewhere and paraphrased: “The statistics that show you are better off wearing a seatbelt are comple
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