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The Irish Solution to The Ben Lomond Problem 9-Oct-2017 At 7:16:40 AM Wendy

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On 9-Oct-2017 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 9-Oct-2017 Wendy wrote:
>>I didn't see any argument proving that slippery slopes were inevitable?
>
>The most recent one* was...
>>"However there would need to be ongoing vigilance at he Ben as slippery
>slopes do exist ( as demonstrated clearly at the Governor at Kaputar over
>the last few years )"

But noone has said that all bolts at kaputar have to go to prevent the slippery slope - this is where the argument gets unreasonable, when people use it to argue for the extreme. It's a lazy and illogical argument. Some bolts at kaputar were removed under consideration of those particular circumstances. See, being reasonable adults ....