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Group: 7UP

Passage 2
Issue: Which stereo system should you buy: SoundTech, Logisound or Digital Acoustics?
Conclusion: You should buy Digital Acoustics
Reasons:
SoundTech and Logisound stereo system is not good
SoundTech which I brought 3 years ago broke within 6 months
Logistic brand is terrible
Digital Acoustics is better than SoundTech and Logisound
Digital Acoustics has really good sound output
The sonic rendering is of exceptionally high quality
My uncle loves Digital Acoustics stereos
Fallacies:
Appealing to fear: The readers fall into trap of the fear that the SoundTech system he/she buys will break in such a short time like the author’s
Appealing to questionable authority: we wonder whether “my uncle” has expertise on stereo systems or not
Either… or…: The author assumes that there are only 3 choices, however, in fact there may be many other choices in stereo system market
Begging the question: While we need more information to prove the conclusion “Digital Acoustics has really good sound output”, the reason of the author “the sonic rendering is of exceptionally high quality” is just a paraphrase of the conclusion

Passage 3
Issue: Should we ban alcohol usage among teenagers?
Conclusion: No, we shouldn’t
Reason:
Nothing bad happened to kids who have been drinking and getting drunk in college for years
People who now criticize alcohol usage used to drink alcohol when they were teenagers
Restrictions don’t keep teens from getting hold of alcohol anyway
Trying to prevent teens from getting alcohol only makes them want it more
Fallacies:
Searching for perfect solution: the author assumes that restrictions can’t solve teenagers’ alcohol usage completely, so restrictions are not necessary and should not be applied
Ad populum: Large groups of kids have been drinking alcohol for years, and nothing bad happened to them, so alcohol is not dangerous to health
Wishful thinking: The author assumes that “preventing teens from getting alcohol only makes them want it more” without any evidence to prove it. Because he wishes it were true, then he assumes it is indeed true
Ad Hominem: The author attacks the bad background of those who are against teenagers’ alcohol usage that they also drank when they were teenagers, rather than directly addressing their reasons

Passage 1
Issue: Should we get out of the war in Iraq?
Jack’s conclusion: Yes, we should
Jack’s reasons: Continued concentration on Iraq is hampering our overall effort against terrorism
Jack’s fallacies:
Appealing to fear: the fear of hampering our overall effort against terrorism if we continue the war in Iraq
Vada’s conclusion: No, we shouldn’t
Vada’s reasons:
Jack is pansy liberals when he thinks we should get out of the Iraq war
Getting out of the Iraq war is surrendering to the terrorists
Vada’s fallacies:
Ad hominem: Vada insults Jack as “pansy liberal”, which is irrelevant to the topic
Appealing to emotion: Vada raises the question to appeal the feeling of failure when surrendering to the terrorists

Passage 4
Issue: Should we take steps to stop the animal experimentation?
Bob’s conclusion: Yes, we should
Bob’s reasons:
The cruel, tortuous experiments with animals make us lose respect for life. Once we lose such respect, then we’ll become desensitized to other forms of cruelty
Cancer is not as much a threat to our society now as is heart disease
Bob’s fallacies:
Appealing to emotion: Bob uses emotionally charged language “cruel, tortuous” to distract Bill from relevant reasons
Slippery slope: Bob makes the false assumption that when we lose respect for life, a uncontrollable chain of undesirable events will be set off
Red herring: Heart disease is not relevant to the issue
Bill’s conclusion: No, we shouldn’t
Bill’s reasons:
Experimenting with animals in labs is not going to lead to mass serial killings
Stop experimenting with animals means giving up on our effort to develop new drugs for cancer
Cancer is much more severe torture threat than most experimental animals will ever face
Bill’s fallacies:
Either… or…: Bill assumes that experimenting with animals is the only way to develop new drugs for cancer
Wishful thinking: Bill assumes that experimenting with animals in labs is not going to lead to mass serial killings without giving any evidence to prove it