Name that logical fallacy

Hey all,

I came across this post on the Christian Skepticism blog. I posted a response and one of the other posters responded with a claim of Argumentum ad populum to one of the points I made.

So, I thought it would be entertaining to play Name that Logical Fallacy with the entire post.

Anyone want to take a first whack at it?

Can you imagine an industry that blames it's customers for not buying it's product? Imagine an ad saying "My product is great, and if you don't buy it, I'm not going to change it because there is something wrong with you for not buying it. Now get with it."

As the arts and entertainment industry degenerates into social and political debris at the expense of quality writing and acting, it becomes apparent that writers and singers feel like they have a right to our money. When the Dixie Chicks got "political" in their stage shows, former VP Al Gore complained that they were being denied a right to make a living when people stopped buying their music (Maybe they could get real jobs). Now, the producer of the Darwin biography film "Creation" is complaining that American "religion" has caused his film to flop in the US.

See 'Creation' Producer Blames American Evolution Flap for Film's U.S. Flop

"People have been saying this is the best film they've seen all year, yet nobody in the U.S. has picked it up,” he added. "It is unbelievable to us that this is still a really hot potato in America...It's quite difficult for we in the U.K. to imagine religion in America,” Thomas stated. “We live in a country which is no longer so religious. But in the U.S., outside of New York and LA, religion rules."

Mr. Thomas, you produced a flop. How about making a quality film that people want to see? It's your job to sell movies, not my job to buy them.

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Strawman argument. The

Strawman argument. The producer is not blaming the customers, he has produced a film that is by all accounts an excellent one but is complaining that he can't find a distributor and this may be due to religious sensitivies. His argument is completely mischaracterised.