Identify any fallacies in the following passage."A trans-American oil pipeline would be great for the economy. People against it just want to make it harder for us to drive big cars. They want to make us drive little tiny electric cars that don't go over 30 miles per hour and need to be charged up every night. Who wants that!"
What will be an ideal response?
Straw man, and irrelevant on other grounds-even if true, the remarks do not relate to how the pipeline would effect the economy.
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A) ?throwing oneself on the mercy of Ahura Mazda. B) ?the transfer of merits from the Zoroastrian saints. C) ?the extensive singing of hymns from the Avesta. D) ?the performance of animal sacrifices to please the God.
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a. neo-Daoism b. religious Daoism c. folk Daoism d. philosophical Daoism
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