| Appeal to Pity (argumentum ad misercordiam) | The reader is told to agree to the proposition because of the pitiful state of the author. |
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| Examples: | |
| How can you say that's out? It was so close, and besides, I'm down ten games to two. | |
| We hope you'll accept our recommendations. We spent the last three months working extra time on it. | |
| Proof: | |
| Identify the proposition and the appeal to pity and argue that the pitiful state of the arguer has nothing to do with the truth of the proposition. | |