Originally posted by Creshosk
Dumbass, That's EXACTLY what it applies to.Appealing to the opinion of the populous to prove an argument is what ad populem is.
"The poll says XX will win, therefore XX wins." IS the simplest form of ad populem.
And that is what can be shown in debate.
You are a naive , sad sad little man. Completely naive if you don't think that people, simple human nature, might compel a person to vote multpile times under different accounts.
I tried not to insult you... But you had to come back at me....
Its quite obvious you don't understand the words your trying to use.
So I'll wiki whore..(as is the trend around here 😉)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum
Notice Exceptions...
Arguments that can't be proved one way or the other obviously can't fall into the trap of 'ad populem' as nether side can be shown to be the side not falling on blind faith... Think about it cresh.. Come back when your done... I don't mind waiting along time either...
I don't like to point the finger at people for lame tactics; like socking to deceive the vote. Mainly cause if there points were soo concrete they wouldn't have to go to those lengths to secure a "win", and if they are socking there probably not even worth the time of day...
Its kinda sad that you brought that up... its obviously got to you that the poll didn't side with wolverine, but fear not! only 40 socks for a win 😉..