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== '''[[wikipedia:Appeal to consequences|Appeal To Consequences]] =='''
:: The truth or falsity of a statement is decided by the positive or negative consequences of it.
 
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:: Ain't it fun when you can use the same fallacy and essentially the same argument and "prove" diametrically opposite conclusions?
 
When the consequences are that the person making the appeal threatens bodily harm to the other person, that's ''argumentum ad baculum'', which we call [[Appeal to Force]].
 
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