Good morning Ms. Sue: Can you help me identify what type of fallacies these are? I'm having some difficulties. Thank you kihdly.
5. Letter to the editor: “I strongly object to the proposed sale of alcoholic beverages at County Golf Course. The idea of allowing people to drink wherever and whenever they please is positively disgraceful and can only lead to more alcoholism and all the problems it produces—drunk driving, ed parties, and who knows what else. I’m sure General Stuart, if he were alive today to see what has become of the land he deeded to the county, would disapprove strenuously.”
— Tehama County Tribune
6. Letter to the editor: “I’m not against immigrants or immigration, but something has to be done soon. We’ve got more people already than we can provide necessary services for, and, at the current rate, we’ll have people standing on top of one another by the end of the century. Either
we control these immigration policies or there won’t be room for any of us to sit down.”
— Lake County Recorder
8. Letter to the editor: “Once again the Courier displays its taste for slanted journalism. Why do your editors present only one point of view? “I am referring specifically to the editorial of May 27, regarding the death penalty. So capital punishment makes you squirm a little. What else is new? Would you prefer to have murderers and assassins wandering around scot-free? How about quoting someone who has a different point of view from your own, for a change?”
— Athens Courier
9. “Clinton should have been thrown in jail for immoral behavior. Just look at all the women he has had affairs with since he left the presidency.” “Hey, wait a minute. How do you know he has had affairs since he was president?” “Because if he didn’t, then why would he be trying to cover up the fact that he did?”
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