post 100-150 words responding to ONE of the prompts below.
Prepare your initial discussion post for the week below. You will need to cite the textbook in your discussion post; do not use any other source. Be sure to cite the textbook in APA citation style. Include an APA-formatted Reference Page, listing our textbook at the end of the post.
Question 1 (Chapter 17)
Identify the fallacy in each of the following eight statements and explain why each statement is fallacious.
- I don’t see any reason to wear a helmet when I ride a bike. Everyone bikes without a helmet.
- It’s ridiculous to worry about protecting America’s national parks against pollution and overuse when innocent people are being killed by terrorists.
- There can be no doubt that the Great Depression was caused by Herbert Hoover. He became president in March 1929, and the stock market crashed just seven months later.
- If we allow the school board to spend money remodeling the gymnasium, next they will want to build a new school and give all the teachers a huge raise. Taxes will soar so high that businesses will leave and then there will be no jobs for anyone in this town.
- Raising a child is just like having a pet and you need to feed it, play with it, and everything will be fine.
- I can’t support Representative Frey’s proposal for campaign finance reform. After all, he was kicked out of law school for cheating on an exam.
- One citizen polled said, “I’m not at all worried about the government collecting our personal data. What do I have to hide?” Another insisted, “I don’t see what all the fuss is about. If you’re worried about the NSA reading your e-mail and seeing what Web sites you visit, then you’re probably doing something wrong in the first place.” We can see, then, that most U.S. citizens are not opposed to government data-collection programs.
- Our school must either increase tuition or cut back on library services for students.