Monday, October 8, 2007

Weekly Post 6: Fallacies in Immigration

Read the article (in the link). Note any logical fallacies used on either side of the argument. Then, in a well thought out and constructed response, state your beliefs about immigration in this area. Try to explore the rationale, or reasoning of your assertion about immigration. Is it based on anecdotal, factual, or fallacious evidence?

In your responses, challenge, qualify or defend the original post's assertion.

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-10-08-0143.html

Have fun!

1 comment:

Aggy said...

Red Herring - "..she loaded her car with groceries in an eastern Prince William County shopping center parking lot." This has nothing to with the article.

Generalization - "..immigration is emerging as a key issue."



Honestly, I could care less about immigration. Truthfully, that is my argument. Call me close minded or un political.. I guess I am then. I mean, I don't want the US turning INTO another country all together.. but they have just as much a right to live here as we do. Even more so if they get a license. If they stay illegal, just don't take my job and power to you in not getting caught. I don't really have an opinion on most things like this. I can see where both sides come from though. I could see why someone wouldn't want them here, because they take our jobs, our homes, our space, and our language. But giving them a chance to live here is also just as fair. If you think about what most of them had to get out of to come here, I say they've worked hard.. let 'em in!