Slippery slope

By the way, is "slippery slope" considered a thought? I mean do people still think of that as an argument: "once you start down, the only option is complete loss of balance until you hit the bottom?" To me that seems more like an escape from the necessity of having to think about something, but maybe shouting "slippery slope" at a problem still sounds like a thought to some folks. If so, it's kind of sad, no?

Jay Rosen in a FriendFeed comment on his own tweet I’m glad Dave Winer got to hear the Berkeley J-School crowd explain to him that listening too well to the users is unethical