casebash comments on Revisiting Non-centrality - Less Wrong Discussion
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Well, you can mention it's non-central, just the second you call it a fallacy, it shuts down the conversation.
What I do depends on the situation. Sometimes you can bite the bullet and say, "he's a good kind of criminal". Other times this isn't an option, so you can try arguing that the definition of the world isn't important, what's important is looking at the facts
My point is, however, that this is not unique to noncentral fallacy.