Fallacious

This Wednesday, in class, we talked about fallacies. Fallacies are my favorite part about communication because they are used all the time by everyone but most people do not even realize they are being fallacious. I also just really like the word "fallacious". In class we talked about causal fallacies, either-or fallacies, bandwagon fallacies, hasty generalizations, and the red-herring fallacy. Of these, my favorite is the bandwagon fallacy; where everybody does what someone else is doing. It is not my favorite to use, but my favorite to hate when others use it.
My whole life, my father has been pounding Words of Wisdom into me and one of his favorites is, "Right is right, even if nobody else is doing it. Wrong is wrong, even if everyone else is doing it." From this Word of Wisdom, it can be seen that jumping on the bandwagon when you know something is wrong, is wrong. However, jumping on the bandwagon is not always bad.
Another Word of Wisdom my father gives me is, "In matters of opinion, go with the flow. In matters of principle, stick to your guns." From this latter Word of Wisdom, it can be seen that if a situation arises where what happens doesn't matter, its okay to jump on the bandwagon. For example, if your buddies order a pizza with pepperoni on it, but you wanted sausage, go with the flow and just pick off the pepperoni.

---DLM---