ChristianKl comments on What do you mean by Pascal's mugging? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 21 November 2014 08:39:10PM 1 point [-]

No. Those names are a lot better. "ad hominen" is a descriptive phrase even when it happens to be in latin. Slippery slope is even very plain English.

Both terms also have the advantage of being widely understood and not be local jargon.