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Jumping to conclusions?

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Original Question

1. You sign up in google account.


2. Google asks the username.


3. He didn't told you should write your real name.


4. He also didn't told you should write fake user name.


5. Therefore, you can write anything.

Answers

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Hard to follow what you wrote. But I am guessing it is similar to there being no sign that reads "do not urinate on the subway," therefore, one concludes that it is okay. This is about common sense, the law, and social norms. In argument form, it would be a non sequitur .

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