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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Definition==<br />
An appeal to pity is an attempt to use the other party's pity instead of logic to support a conclusion or claim. The argument does not necessarily have to be false but is generally unrelated to the conclusion.<br />
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==Examples==<br />
*Telling a traffic officer: "I'm having a really bad day, I don't deserve a speeding ticket."<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[[Appeal to Emotion]]<br />
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==External References==<br />
*[http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-pity.html Nizkor: Appeal to pity]<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_pity Wikipedia: Appeal to pity]<br />
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