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Re: YMTC: Can teams start cutting metal for 2005?

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Originally Posted by Kris Verdeyen
Let me start by saying that I hate "slippery slope" arguments....

That said, what we have here is a clear case of the slippery slope in action....

This cavalier attitude towards the building rules has now slipped and slided to the point that people are trying to justify cutting metal on their robot before the season begins. Don't. It's cheating....
<slight sarcasm>
Hey Kris,

I like the slippery slope argument, so I use it a lot. But don't you think it's a little hypocritical to first say you hate it, and then proceed to use it? If you are philosophically opposed to the use of this argumentum, then keep yourself away from that slope, and use some of those God-given brain cells to fashion an argument that doesn't conflict with your chosen philosophy.
</slight sarcasm>
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