A sizzling pan is pictured as we hear, “This is drugs. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?” The egg is cracked and cooks over the heat. This commercial has been etched in my memory since childhood. The issue of legalizing drugs has been debated even longer. Gore Vidal wrote his article “Drugs: Case for Legalizing Marijuana” in The New York Times in 1970, a full 17 years before the aforementioned commercial hit the television airwaves. Vidal’s piece was ahead of its time, but still…
Setting and background, case overview Vaccinations warrant the most immediate attention. Vaccines are purposefully to produce immunity to resist a disease without developing the actual symptoms. It also serves to save many lives and protect several cases of serious illness. Children and adolescents through the ages from birth to 18 years old are at high-risk to several diseases. The recommended type of routinely vaccines include: Varicella, Hepatitis A and B, Pneumococcal conjugate, DTaP,…
Not only is Trump older, but also simply looks like an unhealthy man. He constantly posts pictures of him eating fast food which Clinton has never done. One might argue that Trump has not really ever shown any signs of poor health and so Clinton comes under fire first; however these clinton health conspiracy theories have been going since…
logos, Smith mentions that, “Every day, all around us, we see the consequences of silence manifest themselves in the form of discrimination, violence, genocide, and war” (Smith). This declaration is an example of the logical fallacy known as post ergo propter hoc, which literally means “after this, therefore because of this.” The inclusion of this statement expresses to the audience that silence is the cause of different types of cruelty in the world, which is an exceptionally hasty conclusion.…
On April 15th, 1985 “Death and Justice: How Capital Punishment Affirms Life” was published in the New Republic. In this article, the author Edward Koch, an outspoken lawyer and former mayor of New York City, uses seven main arguments of why he believes capital punishment is not only necessary but also a way to show how precious human life is (483). In this essay, I will not argue whether or not I agree with his view on the death penalty, but rather if Koch makes a sound and logical argument in…
There are going to be instances in our lifetime where we will be in an argument. To a certain extent our opinions do matter but we need to separate facts from emotions. Many of our arguments can be true or false on some proclamations but we should be prepared for any counterargument. Logical fallacies can make your claims weak and untrustworthy which is one of the reason to avoid using them. Having strong arguments with evidence and limited bold statements will help your readers stay onboard…