You may not realize you've just made an argument from anecdote, but you have, and that represents a well-known logical fallacy. Moreover, this fallacy is famous

You may not realize you've just made an argument from anecdote, but you have, and that represents a well-known logical fallacy. Moreover, this fallacy is famously favored by those who don't mind being deceptive when they find that facts, broadly speaking, are not on their side. More on the error here, where it is referred to as "The demagogue's best friend." http://www.jampole.com/wordpress/?p=329 http://www.jampole.com/wordpress/?p=329 Again, I'm not suggesting that you are a dishonest person, or that you are deliberately obscuring the issue. I am simply noting that your approach (which is a rhetorical failure) carries the additional fault of salubrious associations.