(also referred to as hair-splitting, nothing but objections, barrage of objections and banal objections) an informal logical fallacy where irrelevant and sometimes frivolous objections are made to divert the attention away from the topic that is being discussed.

Objections to evolution have been raised since evolutionary ideas came to prominence in the 19th century.

In the United States, distribution of "obscene, lewd, lascivious, or filthy" materials is a federal crime.