Common sense
There are legitimate uses of this phrase, when something is generally accepted among your audience and doesn't need further discussion. It's used far too often, though, by people who can't explain their reasoning well. Usually it means a common view held by the people you usually talk to, such as your family and friends. "People you normally talk to" is a terrible sample of the general population, so if you're going to use "common sense" as an argument to the world, please do a bit of research to see if it really is.

Laws based on "common sense" are often advocated, but laws are usually the outcome of democracy. Democracies do go wrong sometimes, but if the laws you see don't agree with your idea of common sense, do at least consider that your idea of common sense might not be all that common.
( JimM, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 0:58, 2 replies)

There's nothing remotely common about my sense.
My sense is extremely well-bred.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 1:00, closed)

Agreed
I was annoyed at the fire safety plan by my former employers. It asked for a common sense approach in one part. Which for some people would be throwing water on anything that is a flame or stick close to the wall as there's more chance of surviving.
(muzzvsworld, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 2:25, closed)