Thursday, November 27, 2008
Oops
Wow it's been a long time since I have written on my blog. Well all that happened was the logical fallacy presentations, the rhetorical device presentations and starting Hamlet. We are currently watching the movie. And we also watch Henry the fifth. I can say that I am done my 2nd ISU book, All the Pretty Horses. Now I have to start on a thesis and I have no idea where to begin!! And the essay i due in 2 weeks!! On december 10th and all the English projects are due on the 15th and I'm not even there... Wow it's so stressful! lol. Well I better get started on some things I guess...
Standardization Final
Mayor should stick to their guns by Ian Marston in The Review
Standardized Form:
2. Mayor should stop proposing for changing the name.
2. a. What is so wrong with the name Prescott and Russell any more than the names Ontario and Quebec?
3. His excuse is that people will get the name mixed up with the town of Prescott.
3. a. Mayor Jeanne Charlebois suggests changing the name to Vanier.
3. b. People will get mixed up with Vanier, Ottawa.
4. Seniors on fixed pensions cannot afford huge amounts of tax dollars spent on something that is not broken.
4. a. We have to more prudent with our spending because of the worldwide economy so uncertain for the unforeseeable future.
5. Streets need to be repaired and sidewalks too. That is what we should be spending the money on and not changing the name.
Therefore 1. Mayor should just keep the name of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.
Marston, Ian. " Mayors should stick to their guns." The Review 29.Oct. 2008: 115. 44.
Standardized Form:
2. Mayor should stop proposing for changing the name.
2. a. What is so wrong with the name Prescott and Russell any more than the names Ontario and Quebec?
3. His excuse is that people will get the name mixed up with the town of Prescott.
3. a. Mayor Jeanne Charlebois suggests changing the name to Vanier.
3. b. People will get mixed up with Vanier, Ottawa.
4. Seniors on fixed pensions cannot afford huge amounts of tax dollars spent on something that is not broken.
4. a. We have to more prudent with our spending because of the worldwide economy so uncertain for the unforeseeable future.
5. Streets need to be repaired and sidewalks too. That is what we should be spending the money on and not changing the name.
Therefore 1. Mayor should just keep the name of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.
Marston, Ian. " Mayors should stick to their guns." The Review 29.Oct. 2008: 115. 44.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Standardizing Arguments
Mayor should stick to their guns by Ian Marston in The Review
Standardized Form:
2. Mayor should stop proposing for changing the name.
2. a. What is so wrong with the name Prescott and Russell any more than the names Ontario and Quebec?
3. His excuse is that people will get the name mixed up with the town of Prescott.
3. a. Mayor Jeanne Charlebois suggests changing the name to Vanier.
3. b. People will get mixed up with Vanier, Ottawa.
4. Seniors on fixed pensions cannot afford huge amounts of tax dollars spent on something that is not broken.
4. a. We have to more prudent with our spending because of the worldwide economy so uncertain for the unforeseeable future.
5. Streets need to be repaired and sidewalks too. That is what we should be spending the money on and not changing the name.
Therefore
1. Mayor should just keep the name of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.
Marston, Ian. " Mayors should stick to their guns." The Review 29.Oct. 2008: 115. 44.
MYANMAR-BANGLADESH CONFLICT
It's about natural gas
November 8, 2008
China and India should have restrained Myanmar from sending naval and prospecting vessels this week to a natural-gas-rich patch of the Bay of Bengal that is also claimed by Bangladesh. The tense maritime standoff brought a risk of war between two failed states.The two Asian powers are the principal export markets for Myanmar's ample natural resources. Like much of sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar is a focus of intense Chinese efforts to lock up supplies of oil, gas and other commodities. Myanmar's resources can be easily transported to China's burgeoning southwest.Beijing-backed companies pay their bills on time and don't ask questions about human rights, which is very convenient to one of the world's most repressive regimes.For its part, India has provided Myanmar with considerable military aid, and Indian companies are racing to match their Chinese counterparts' deals there.Resource revenues are one of the regime's few sources of income, and help pay the soldiers on whom it relies to put down periodic pro-democracy protests. Last year's demonstrations, which nearly toppled the regime, made the military rulers even more interested in those earnings.Their decision to provoke Bangladesh, which has no cozy relationship with China or India, shows how far they will go to keep the commodities flowing.New Delhi and Beijing should not be comfortable with this odious regime. Propping up such a government is a crime against Myanmar's citizens, and in the long run unlikely to benefit either of the great powers of the region.Myanmar's patrons, which are eager to be seen as responsible international actors, should not have allowed such destabilizing behaviour, China's pious urging of caution on both sides this week notwithstanding.Adding a conflict with Myanmar to Bangladesh's long list of problems will only further weaken a country that has already begun to produce Islamic militants in worrying quantities, and sits perpetually on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe.For now, reining Myanmar in from starting a war would be a small but important sign that the two powers will not always accept resources obtained at an immorally high cost.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081108.EBURMA08/TPStory/Opinion/editorials
Standardized Form:
2. The tense maritime standoff brought a risk of war between two failed states.
3. The two Asian powers are the principal export markets for Myanmar's natural resources.
3. a. Myanmar is a focus of intense Chinese efforts to lock up supplies of oil, gas and other commodities since they can be easily transported to China's burgeoning southwest.
4. Resource revenues are one of the regime's few sources of income. Last year's demonstrations, which nearly toppled the regime, made the military rulers even more interested in those earnings.
5. Their decision to provoke Bangladesh shows how far they will go to keep the commodities flowing.
5. a. New Delhi and Beijing should not be comfortable with this odious regime. Propping up such a government is a crime against Myanmar's citizens, and in the long run unlikely to benefit either of the great powers of the region.
6. Myanmar's patrons, which are eager to be seen as responsible international actors, should not have allowed such destabilizing behaviour.
6. a. Adding a conflict with Myanmar to Bangladesh's long list of problems will only further weaken a country that has already begun to produce Islamic militants in worrying quantities.
Therefore
1. China and India should have restrained Myanmar from sending naval and prospecting vessels this week to a natural-gas-rich patch of the Bay of Bengal that is also claimed by Bangladesh.
Standardized Form:
2. Mayor should stop proposing for changing the name.
2. a. What is so wrong with the name Prescott and Russell any more than the names Ontario and Quebec?
3. His excuse is that people will get the name mixed up with the town of Prescott.
3. a. Mayor Jeanne Charlebois suggests changing the name to Vanier.
3. b. People will get mixed up with Vanier, Ottawa.
4. Seniors on fixed pensions cannot afford huge amounts of tax dollars spent on something that is not broken.
4. a. We have to more prudent with our spending because of the worldwide economy so uncertain for the unforeseeable future.
5. Streets need to be repaired and sidewalks too. That is what we should be spending the money on and not changing the name.
Therefore
1. Mayor should just keep the name of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.
Marston, Ian. " Mayors should stick to their guns." The Review 29.Oct. 2008: 115. 44.
MYANMAR-BANGLADESH CONFLICT
It's about natural gas
November 8, 2008
China and India should have restrained Myanmar from sending naval and prospecting vessels this week to a natural-gas-rich patch of the Bay of Bengal that is also claimed by Bangladesh. The tense maritime standoff brought a risk of war between two failed states.The two Asian powers are the principal export markets for Myanmar's ample natural resources. Like much of sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar is a focus of intense Chinese efforts to lock up supplies of oil, gas and other commodities. Myanmar's resources can be easily transported to China's burgeoning southwest.Beijing-backed companies pay their bills on time and don't ask questions about human rights, which is very convenient to one of the world's most repressive regimes.For its part, India has provided Myanmar with considerable military aid, and Indian companies are racing to match their Chinese counterparts' deals there.Resource revenues are one of the regime's few sources of income, and help pay the soldiers on whom it relies to put down periodic pro-democracy protests. Last year's demonstrations, which nearly toppled the regime, made the military rulers even more interested in those earnings.Their decision to provoke Bangladesh, which has no cozy relationship with China or India, shows how far they will go to keep the commodities flowing.New Delhi and Beijing should not be comfortable with this odious regime. Propping up such a government is a crime against Myanmar's citizens, and in the long run unlikely to benefit either of the great powers of the region.Myanmar's patrons, which are eager to be seen as responsible international actors, should not have allowed such destabilizing behaviour, China's pious urging of caution on both sides this week notwithstanding.Adding a conflict with Myanmar to Bangladesh's long list of problems will only further weaken a country that has already begun to produce Islamic militants in worrying quantities, and sits perpetually on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe.For now, reining Myanmar in from starting a war would be a small but important sign that the two powers will not always accept resources obtained at an immorally high cost.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081108.EBURMA08/TPStory/Opinion/editorials
Standardized Form:
2. The tense maritime standoff brought a risk of war between two failed states.
3. The two Asian powers are the principal export markets for Myanmar's natural resources.
3. a. Myanmar is a focus of intense Chinese efforts to lock up supplies of oil, gas and other commodities since they can be easily transported to China's burgeoning southwest.
4. Resource revenues are one of the regime's few sources of income. Last year's demonstrations, which nearly toppled the regime, made the military rulers even more interested in those earnings.
5. Their decision to provoke Bangladesh shows how far they will go to keep the commodities flowing.
5. a. New Delhi and Beijing should not be comfortable with this odious regime. Propping up such a government is a crime against Myanmar's citizens, and in the long run unlikely to benefit either of the great powers of the region.
6. Myanmar's patrons, which are eager to be seen as responsible international actors, should not have allowed such destabilizing behaviour.
6. a. Adding a conflict with Myanmar to Bangladesh's long list of problems will only further weaken a country that has already begun to produce Islamic militants in worrying quantities.
Therefore
1. China and India should have restrained Myanmar from sending naval and prospecting vessels this week to a natural-gas-rich patch of the Bay of Bengal that is also claimed by Bangladesh.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Logical Fallacy
Fallacy Name is Appeal to Emotion.
Latin Name is argumentum ad excitum.
An Appeal to Emotion is a fallacy when:
1. Positive emotions are associated with X or X makes me feel good.
2. Therefore, X is true.
It is a fallacy when a person manipulates peoples’ emotions to get them to believe a statement as being true. When something is connected with good feelings, it is wanted and must be true. The opposite is also true like when something is associated with negative feelings, it must be wrong and bad. It is a type of red herring and includes quite a few other logical fallacies:
Latin Name is argumentum ad excitum.
An Appeal to Emotion is a fallacy when:
1. Positive emotions are associated with X or X makes me feel good.
2. Therefore, X is true.
It is a fallacy when a person manipulates peoples’ emotions to get them to believe a statement as being true. When something is connected with good feelings, it is wanted and must be true. The opposite is also true like when something is associated with negative feelings, it must be wrong and bad. It is a type of red herring and includes quite a few other logical fallacies:
- Appeal to consequences
- Appeal to fear
- Appeal to flattery
- Appeal to pity
- Appeal to ridicule
- Appeal to spite
- Wishful thinking
You might want to use it anyway because it is easier for people to react on emotions. This fallacy is an extremely persuasive method. Many people have argued that peoples' emotions often have much more force than their reason. Logical arguments are often tricky and time consuming and rarely have the power to put people to action.
When someone persuades someone to accept a conclusion by affecting positive emotions toward it, it is considered like an appeal to emotion. An example is like when a movie comes out with your favorite actor, you immediately need to go see that movie. Your favorite actor was so good in many other movies and therefore this movie must be good because they are in it. It’s like this actor makes me feel good and is good therefore this movie must be good.
Another example is like when a famous star puts out a product like Gwen Stefani and her perfume. Your friend is all excited and swears this perfume is the best and that you should get it since Gwen Stefani is so talented. You get excited because your friend is excited and loves it and therefore it must be true.
Media examples are politicians or advertisers, who rely on emotion appeals in order to motivate us to do things that we might not for logical reasons. An example of this is the Mojito Vodka commercial. Everyone is dancing in a club while the bartender is pouring vodka in a glass. When he stops pouring, the music stops and the people stop dancing. When the bartender starts to pour the vodka again, the music is back on. People continue to dance and the ambiance is fun and energetic. This is an emotion appeal because it is showing that the vodka makes people happy and excited and when there is no vodka, you will not have fun or a good time. The commercial aims to evoke the emotion that will influence people to buy the product. It is saying buy Mojito Vodka and you will have a great time.
Taak, Wikipedia contributors. "Appeal to emotion." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 11 October, 2008 Retrieved 1 November, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion#Examples
Unknown. “Fallacy: Appeal to Emotion.” The Nizkor Project. Retrieved 28 0ct. 2008, from http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-emotion.html
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