Fallacies.

          Fallacies are found in almost any situation.  They can be good, they can be bad, they can be whatever you make them out to be. They are often used in day to day life, as well as writing to make the story to be whatever you want it to be.  It is a very simple way to manipulate any kind of data.  I don't really appreciate skewed stories or data. I like having the full blown story or all the details and, unless it is for a good cause and don't really have an overall effect on whatever my intended audience I feel okay using them. Perhaps when trying to make a point it is okay. It can create a canvas to writing to be interesting and make for some interesting reading but I still am not okay with it. I haven't used much fallacy in my writing because I don't want to be seen as somewhat of a liar.
        I actually used to be really good at manipulating information when coming home late in high school.  I would tell my mother only certain things about where I had been, or only certain highlights about the people I had been with because I didn't want to get in too much trouble.  Even though that could be considered omitting information, I still was able to skew stories and mislead my poor mother(even though she knew better and wasn't letting on.) Is that ethical...? No. Do I still do it? No. Am I comfortable writing with fallacies? Not really. I don't want to lose my case if things are based upon fallacies or someone could find a reason to blame them.