If one child at recess steals another child’s toy they must receive the consequences for what he or she has done. In 1994 American Michael Fay, who was visiting Singapore at the time, was arrested for vandalism of automobiles and had in his possession stolen street signs (“Time to Assert American Values”). For his crimes he was sentenced to the Singaporean punishment of caning---where one is beaten with a long rattan cane. Moreover, the topic was covered by two different editors, Alejandro Reyes and an anonymous writer of the New York Times. Although both editorials demonstrate logos in the texts, Alejandro Reyes, author of “Rough Justice…” argues a more efficient platform than the New York Times article “Time to Assert American Values” by
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He provides numerous amounts of logos, such as providing crucial documents like “Vandalism Act of 1966” to inform the audience of any unknown context that would be needed to explain the editorial (Reyes page 184). After supplying the reader, Reyes uses the quotes to inform the topic, then proceeds to give his statement on said topic. Later, Reyes demonstrates proper use of fallacies with “is more powerful than Draconian laws” to describe Singaporean laws (Reyes page 185). Using comedic standings is shown to be more effective when reaching out to an audience. In this case Reyes is satirically mocking the Singaporean ruling system, but makes it clear as a joke and not his own perception of the system because of the hyperbolic use of Draconian laws. Unlike the author of “Time to Assert American Values”, Reyes uses statistics in his piece from 1988 “government statistics show there has been a steady decline in the crime rate from 233 per 10,000 residents to 125 per 10,000” (Reyes page 184). Having reliable facts secures one’s credibility from the audience, which is prevalent in this specific editorial. Reyes’ ability to demonstrate logos is far superior than the anonymous writer of the New York Times by using facts from credible sources along with politically historic
He provides numerous amounts of logos, such as providing crucial documents like “Vandalism Act of 1966” to inform the audience of any unknown context that would be needed to explain the editorial (Reyes page 184). After supplying the reader, Reyes uses the quotes to inform the topic, then proceeds to give his statement on said topic. Later, Reyes demonstrates proper use of fallacies with “is more powerful than Draconian laws” to describe Singaporean laws (Reyes page 185). Using comedic standings is shown to be more effective when reaching out to an audience. In this case Reyes is satirically mocking the Singaporean ruling system, but makes it clear as a joke and not his own perception of the system because of the hyperbolic use of Draconian laws. Unlike the author of “Time to Assert American Values”, Reyes uses statistics in his piece from 1988 “government statistics show there has been a steady decline in the crime rate from 233 per 10,000 residents to 125 per 10,000” (Reyes page 184). Having reliable facts secures one’s credibility from the audience, which is prevalent in this specific editorial. Reyes’ ability to demonstrate logos is far superior than the anonymous writer of the New York Times by using facts from credible sources along with politically historic