<Ul> <Li> In reality, the circumstances may have changed; this assumption may also therefore be untrue . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In reality, the circumstances may have changed; this assumption may also therefore be untrue . </Li> <P> An appeal to tradition is only a fallacious argument in itself if the argument is not developed further, for example by pointing out that the widespread acceptance of the practice means that there would be significant implications / disruption / cost involved in abandoning the tradition . </P> <Ul> <Li> For example, arguing that the QWERTY keyboard layout should be retained "because it is traditional" would be fallacious unless the further argument is made that, being traditional, QWERTY is familiar to most current keyboard users who would need retraining if any change were made . </Li> </Ul>

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