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Fallacies In Thank You For Smoking

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The movie “Thank You For Smoking” is about a man named Nick Naylor, who has a job promoting tobacco. He is really good at his job because he knows how to argue with others in a way that favors him. The movie uses many fallacies but I will only go over one. Nick Naylor is a divorced man but he often goes back to visit his ex wife since his son lives with her. One day he goes to see his kid and as he is about to leave his ex wife’s husband comes out. He is a doctor and says to Nick “I hope you’re providing Joey with a smoke-free environment,” Nick seems to get mad about that comment and says “I’m his father, you’re the guy fucking his mother.” Nick is trying to argue that since he isn’t Joey’s father it is none of his business to tell him
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