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>> Vulnerable people must be proactively protected. "Slippery slope" is the term used to describe the fallacy of logic in that sentence. Who must perform this

>> Vulnerable people must be proactively protected. "Slippery slope" is the term used to describe the fallacy of logic in that sentence. Who must perform this proactive protection? Why should/must they do it? What constitutes "vulnerable"? This sounds like the musings of a privileged youth. It's not too late to avoid making the same mistakes you made that resulted in your original grievance. No one put a gun to your head and made you become an Uber driver/passenger. You/they decided to take on that role, and failed to assess and appreciate the risk involved. tldr; those unpleasant things in your life that have happened, are happening, and will eventually happen in your life are ultimately your fault. PS: I'm not advocating whatever happened or didn't happen to whatever circumstance you are attributing "rape" to. I'm not sure if you chose that verb for hyperbolic reasons or not.

Frondo 9y ago
The parent poster is probably referring to the Uber driver that raped a woman in India. Uber tried to discredit her, illegally obtained her medical records, etc. It's not hyperbole, because rape is what happened. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/technology/uber-fires-executive.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/technology/uber-fires-exe...
emodendroket 9y ago
You can't think of any reason someone might think that passengers should be protected from drivers with an intent to sexually assault besides being a "privileged youth"?
dse82 9y ago
>> "Slippery slope" is the term used to describe the fallacy of logic in that sentence. Who must perform this proactive protection? Why should/must they do it? What constitutes "vulnerable"? This sounds like the musings of a privileged youth. Fun fact: "Slippery slope" is the term used to describe the fallacy of logic in your sentences. The slippery slope fallacy lies in you rejecting the -- admittetly vague -- claim "Vulnerable people must be proactively protected." just because you can imagine that bad things might happen if this mind-set was applied excessively. This is a fallacy of logic, since it leads you to reject a claim just because it is not as precise as you'd like it to be. However, a claim isn't invalid per se just because it is vague.

Frondo 9y ago

The parent poster is probably referring to the Uber driver that raped a woman in India. Uber tried to discredit her, illegally obtained her medical records, etc. It's not hyperbole, because rape is what happened. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/technology/uber-fires-executive.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/technology/uber-fires-exe...

emodendroket 9y ago

You can't think of any reason someone might think that passengers should be protected from drivers with an intent to sexually assault besides being a "privileged youth"?

dse82 9y ago

>> "Slippery slope" is the term used to describe the fallacy of logic in that sentence. Who must perform this proactive protection? Why should/must they do it? What constitutes "vulnerable"? This sounds like the musings of a privileged youth. Fun fact: "Slippery slope" is the term used to describe the fallacy of logic in your sentences. The slippery slope fallacy lies in you rejecting the -- admittetly vague -- claim "Vulnerable people must be proactively protected." just because you can imagine that bad things might happen if this mind-set was applied excessively. This is a fallacy of logic, since it leads you to reject a claim just because it is not as precise as you'd like it to be. However, a claim isn't invalid per se just because it is vague.