Advantages Of Price Gouging

Floods could be very catastrophic as they are known to destroy property and cause deaths. When such catastrophic things happen, people from all over the world extend their generosity to the victims. Some people may take advantage of the situation to loot or take part in price gouging. The writer uses facts, emotional appeal and logical fallacies to support his argument. He uses vivid examples to sway his readers to the winning side of his argument.
When volunteers stumble across information about the disaster, they rush to help. The writer claims that when he got the information from Facebook, his wife clearly knew he was going to help with the situation and insisted that he should be safe. He quickly assembled his gear and left. In addition, Jon Lewis, a volunteer was also in the vicinity to help. He had also got information from Facebook about the tragedy and went to help. He was paired with the writer to assist with the situation although he had ended his fire-fighter career through a grave injury after serving for many years. The writer uses emotional appeal to win the readers into his …show more content…
There were a few incidents though few, of looting and price gouging. The writer acknowledges that the looters were too few to notice and that those foolish enough to try and loot property of the victim of Harvey were either arrested or chased away. It is hence clear that even though some people were genuinely interested in helping the affected people in the Harvey tragedy, some were up to no good. The writer sways the reader to the winning side of the argument by insisting that even though there were a few cases of looting, the assistance they got from people was overwhelming hence the vice could be overlooked. This is a limitation in this argument since it is biased on one side. The writer overlooks the incidence of looting and price gouging which favors the argument that humanity