# Is there a name for this kind of argument (only one thing matters)?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560 "2014-02-17T20:27:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560/61 "2020-08-15T03:53:11Z")

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> [@MandaJo](#):
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> My point isn’t that all laws should be equally enforced. It’s that illegal cockfights are not innocuous events, and it’s reasonable to want them shut down.

Sure, that’s reasonable. But do you think cops should spend their time stopping chicken fighting, instead of spending their time helping actual human beings?

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560/62 "2020-08-15T03:57:03Z")

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> [@Slash1972](#):
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> But do you think cops should spend their time stopping chicken fighting,

Yes. And it is cock fighting, not chicken as you so dismissively insist.

> [@Slash1972](#):
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> instead of spending their time helping actual human beings?

Stopping cock fighting is helping human beings.

And this is _way_ off thread topic, which I’m starting to think may be the point. IMO.

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560/63 "2020-08-15T03:58:28Z")

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> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#):
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> Stopping cock fighting is helping human beings

Is it? How so?

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560/64 "2020-08-15T04:00:03Z")

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> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#):
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> And this is _way_ off thread topic, which I’m starting to think may be the point. IMO

Not really. It goes to the heart of the matter. Don’t give money to save chickens when there are children to be helped.

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