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* NotIllegalJustification: An action is immoral, but isn't illegal, so a person can't be arrested for it.
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* TooProudForLowlyWork: A character tries to avoid doing certain types of work under the excuse that said work is beneath them.
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* OwnerlessTreasureMorality: A treasure has no owner but for some reason people can't, or don't want to, take it. Until someone uses "it has no owner" as an excuse and takes it.
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* NotBloodNotFamily: If they aren't related by blood, they'll never be "real family."
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* BlamingTheToolsBlamingTheTools: Claiming that one's tools are defective as an excuse for incompetence.
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* BlamingTheTools
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** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: The bad person's victims and the people intending to punish the bad person for their transgressions feel that the bad person having suffered in the past does not mean their actions are acceptable or that they should avoid punishment for their wrongdoings.

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** * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: The bad person's victims and the people intending to punish the bad person for their transgressions feel that the bad person having suffered in the past does not mean their actions are acceptable or that they should avoid punishment for their wrongdoings.
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* ForeignFarewell: A character kisses another character goodbye, then claims it wasn't romantic because that's just how people say goodbye in another country.
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* LanguageFluencyDenial: A character tries to get out of a conversation by lying that they don't speak the other person's language.
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* NothingPersonal: a character defends actions as "simply business", with no specific malice toward those harmed
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* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: Oh, that thing we just discussed? It's not real, it's just part of a story.

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* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: Oh, that thing we you just discussed? heard us talking about? It's not real, it's just part of a story.
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* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: Oh, that thing we just discussed? It's not real, it's just part of a story.
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* ItsBeyondSaving: A villain plans to cause mass death and destruction with the rationale that society is so screwed up that the only sensible solution is to purge it all and start anew.

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* ItsBeyondSaving: ItIsBeyondSaving: A villain plans to cause mass death and destruction with the rationale that society is so screwed up that the only sensible solution is to purge it all and start anew.

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* ForScience: Excusing ethically questionable behaviour as scientific research.



* InventedInvalid: Lying about having to tend to a sick relative as an excuse for not showing up.
* IReadItForTheArticles: A stock defence when a character is caught in possession of lewd magazines.
* ItsBeyondSaving: A villain plans to cause mass death and destruction with the rationale that society is so screwed up that the only sensible solution is to purge it all and start anew.
* ItsForABook: Justifying one's behaviour as being research for a book.



* ItIsBeyondSaving: A villain plans to cause mass death and destruction with the rationale that society is so screwed up that the only sensible solution is to purge it all and start anew.
* InventedInvalid: Lying about having to tend to a sick relative as an excuse for not showing up.
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* ItIsBeyondSaving: A villain plans to cause mass death and destruction with the rationale that society is so screwed up that the only sensible solution is to purge it all and start anew.

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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Extreme opposition towards a disliked activity is rationalized with the excuse that allowing too much leeway will result in those who practice it eventually doing much worse things.


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* SlipperySlopeFallacy: Extreme opposition towards a disliked activity is rationalized with the excuse that allowing too much leeway will result in those who practice it eventually doing much worse things.
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Extreme opposition towards a disliked activity is rationalized with the excuse that allowing too much leeway will result in those who practice it eventually doing much worse things.
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* SimpleSolutionWontWork: A stated simple solution is explained to not be useful or effective.
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* ThinkOfTheChildren: A person lobbies to have stricter censorship for the media or to enforce restrictions on certain products, activities or ways of life with the excuse that leniency equates putting children at risk of being harmed or corrupted (which is often a smokescreen to distract others from noticing that they're trying to force their standards of morality and ethics on everyone else).

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* ThinkOfTheChildren: A person lobbies to have stricter censorship for the media or to enforce restrictions on certain products, activities or ways of life with the excuse rationale that leniency equates putting children at risk of being harmed or corrupted (which is often a smokescreen to distract others from noticing that they're trying to force their standards of morality and ethics on everyone else).
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* ThinkOfTheChildren: A person lobbies to have stricter censorship for the media or to enforce restrictions on certain products with the excuse that children are at risk of being harmed or corrupted (which is often a smokescreen to distract others from noticing that they're trying to force their standards of morality and ethics on everyone else).

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* ThinkOfTheChildren: A person lobbies to have stricter censorship for the media or to enforce restrictions on certain products products, activities or ways of life with the excuse that leniency equates putting children are at risk of being harmed or corrupted (which is often a smokescreen to distract others from noticing that they're trying to force their standards of morality and ethics on everyone else).
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* ThinkOfTheChildren: A person lobbies to have stricter censorship for the media or to enforce restrictions on certain products with the excuse that children are at risk of being harmed or corrupted (which is often a smokescreen to distract others from noticing that they're trying to force their standards of morality and ethics on everyone else).
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* SocietyIsToBlame: A person who has done wrong gives the excuse that the poor state of the world is why they've resorted to committing immoral and illicit actions.
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* TalkAboutThatThing: A character comes up with an excuse to go somewhere private to discuss something with someone else.
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Capitalization was fixed from Main.Gas Leak Coverup to Main.Gas Leak Cover Up. Null edit to update index.
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* HoldingItForAFriend: Someone avoids getting in trouble for owning something they're not supposed to have by claiming to be holding it for someone who asked them to keep it safe.
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* YouDidntAsk: A character is inquired why they didn't reveal information that would've been helpful earlier and the character rationalizes that they were not asked to do so.
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* PlayingSick: Pretending to be sick as an excuse to avoid doing something.

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* PlayingSick: Pretending to be sick as an excuse to avoid doing something.something or to make everyone else wait on you hand and foot.
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* AppealToInherentNature: Excusing horrific actions with the reasoning that it is normal for you to do such actions.

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