Argument used by Talking Heads, Lawmakers, The Man, Facists, Right Wing Bigots, Left Wing Morons and Politicians to allay someone's fears about a Draconian new law.
Closely coupled to the do it for the children argument
When confronted with this argument, do not get upset, angry or allow yourself to feel ashamed for being different. Compose yourself mentally and recall those really well composed arguments on the subject that you read on a really cool website. (you did research, didn't you? :-) Breathe deeply (but not too deeply, your opponent may think you are crying) and calmly blow them out of their misogynistic, bigoted, facist, ignorant, necrophiliac, baby-robbing, head in the sand idealogical water.
There, feel better? | 
