Identify which of the following fallacies the following example illustrates. Choose the best answer from the list offered. Since crack hit streets in the early eighties, inner city crimes such as armed robbery, car theft, and muggings have exploded. Drugs are tearing the fabric of our society apart. We need to get tough on drugs and rid our streets of crack cocaine for good
a. Gambler's Fallacy
b. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
c. Causal Oversimplification
d. Only Game in Town
e. Overlooking a Common Cause
f. Slippery Slope
g. Jumping from Correlation to Cause
e
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