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VALID OR INVALID? WHICH FALLACY?

All criminal actions are bad things to do. All prosecutions fro murder, therefore, are bad things to do, since all prosecutions for murder are criminal actions.

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Invalid. This is a fallacy which is a hasty generalization. A hasty generalization is an inference drawn from insufficient evidence. Another example is the sentence "It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating."
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