This page is full of 'fallacies' that are technically correct — they are sometimes used fallaciously, but simultaneously, many are fair considerations that are often used correctly.

It is fun to read and healthy to be aware of these, but I hope that, in reading these, one doesn't paint broad brush strokes and declare that any appeal to nature, or pity, or tradition is fallacious.

As one example:

> 12. The Appeal to Tradition

A lack of any respect for tradition is a serious issue for a society. It's not fallacious to give credence to tradition, meaning to tread carefully around it.

If people before you designed a system in a certain way, it's important to be able to fairly note the advantages and disadvantages of their system, and why they designed it the way they did before changing it. Use the principle of charity. Assume that they, intelligent and resourceful as you, had considered your option and decided against it. Why? Is there anything you're missing?

In support of it being a fallacy, there are people who cling to clearly disadvantageous things based solely on tradition regardless of objective consideration, but there's just as many people who think through the pros and cons of the new and old and use tradition healthily. These days they're often labelled as fallaciously appealing to tradition for even giving the past consideration.