Ninja Fallacies

by The Iron Triangle

This is a series of fallacies committed by our Ninjago characters. Some are funny and happen in real life situations. These are my favorite ones. Rated T for fallacy lessons. Certain characters will be added as the lessons continue on.

1. Chapter 1

Lesson 1

Tu Quoque and Irrelevant Goals or Functions

Hello, everyone! This is a group of stories with our ninja, showing real life fallacies.

"How many times have I told you not to turn on Zane's funny switch in the middle of the night?!" Kai rants.

"Why should I listen to you? You did it two nights ago!" Jay retorts.

"Quit arguing! I have a sword and I am not afraid to use it!" Zane shouts, but gets no response except for the two shouting at each other all the more, completely ignoring the Nindroid and causing a ruckus in the middle of Ninjago city. Zane sighs and glances around him, his robotic eyes landing on a billboard that said:

Are your friends not paying attention to what you are saying? Get Dareth's Glock .32, the attention getter!

Zane leaves his two friends to argue while he buys one, along with bullets, of course. He returns with the gun, cocks, and fires it in the middle of the city, frightening everyone.

AN: Tu Quoque is when someone advises you or tells you to do something, and you respond, 'Why should I listen to you? You've done it before!' or 'You did it recently!'

Irrelevant Goals or Functions is usually used in advertising, when promoting a product or something, giving an example that does not have anything relevant to its use.

Here are the real definitions from my The Art of Argument book. Disclaimer: I do not own the fallacies or the definitions from the book, and obviously not the book.

Tu Quoque: Arguments that assume that a rival's recommendation should be discounted because the rival does not always follow it himself.

Irrelevant goals or functions: Arguments that distract by measuring a plan or policy according to goals it wasn't intended to achieve.