# Name this logical fallacy.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-logical-fallacy/840849 "2019-09-26T12:36:34Z")\
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You know, this is sort of a form of “Whataboutism” in an alternate way. Example:

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People should not exceed the speed limit.

What about emergency vehicles?

Okay, fine, except for emergency vehicles.

What about someone rushing a woman in labor to the hospital?

Okay, fine, and except for women in labor.

What about if you have to save Earth from Nazi aliens?

Okay, what? No.

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Some people can go on and on. Most people get the gist and move on.

So not so much a fallacy but an annoying human behavior. Not all things need to be explicitly spelled out in axiomatic detail.

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