Exam 6: Relevance Red Herringfallacies

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "Malamutes are difficult to train.Have you ever seen one that isn't?"

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. You shouldn't wear anything made of white harp seal fur.Do you know how they get that fur? Baby harp seals,which are among the sweetest-looking creatures on earth,are clubbed to death right in front of their mothers when they are just days or weeks old.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. I'll tell you why a hundred dollars is enough child support.You go into court and ask for more,and I'll have my lawyer file a countersuit that will set you back a bundle in legal fees!

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "We beat the prices of our competitors.We would not say this if it weren't true."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. Are you telling me that you're twenty-one years old and still a virgin? I'd keep quiet about that if I were you-you'd be the laughingstock of the dorm if that were widely known.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. In spite of its hypocritical announcement that North Korea has ceased nuclear testing,it is safe to assume that the North Koreans have done no such thing,for at present we have no means of verifying their so-called moratorium.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "Prof.Stooler assigned two extra paragraphs to read.Dude thinks we don't have anything better to do."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "She is trustworthy;after all,she swears she is,and you can't doubt that."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. Revenge of the Nerds was really a funny movie.I know,because I was a nerd myself,and that's really the way it was!

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "Move to Toronto? Why would anyone want to live on the North Pole?"

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. "Because of [Abraham] Lincoln's policies the cemeteries of the nation were sown with 600,000 premature bodies,long turned to dust now,but in their time just as open to the promise of life as any young draft dodger of the 1960s." -From Tom Landess,"The Dark Side of Abraham Lincoln," The Southern Partisan

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. In one of his columns,Mike Royko had a word or two to write about Sylvester Stallone.According to Royko,after completing the movie Rambo:First Blood Part II,Stallone explained that it was an attempt to secure some credit for Vietnam veterans.Royko quoted Stallone as saying,"The people who pushed the wrong button all took a powder.The vets got the raw deal and were left holding the bag.What Rambo is saying is that if they could fight again,it would be different." Royko went on to observe that during the Vietnam War,when Stallone could have been a "real-life Rambo," he spent his time first at American College of Switzerland "teaching rich girls how to touch their toes" and then as a drama major at the University of Miami "improving his tan."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. first speaker:Think about it.A seven-day waiting period to buy a gun would give people a chance to cool off;it would also give police a chance to make background checks.Are seven days that much of an inconvenience? second speaker:I wouldn't talk that way around here,friend.Lots of people 'round here own guns,and they don't take kindly to people who want to make them register their guns.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. You saw what the former governor of Illinois did:He declared a moratorium on executions in the state.It was a good thing,too,because it turns out that a large number of the inmates on death row had to be turned loose because DNA evidence proved them innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt.It's about time we got serious about the fact that we've been convicting innocent people and sentencing them to death.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "You think drilling is less risky? I doubt it.That's just oil industry propaganda."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage. "If we didn't need a new car,why would it be time to sell the old one?"

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. You know how some people against gun control say that making guns illegal won't stop anyone who wants one from getting one? Ever notice how the same people are usually against legalizing drugs because they don't want drugs made available? Funny how they think that law won't work for guns but will work for drugs.

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. Overheard:"I don't know why Barbara won't go out with me.She must think I'm too intense for her."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. "I don't believe we ought to believe the so-called 'admissions' of the Liggett and Myers Company.I think the only reason they're now agreeing with tobacco critics about the addictive powers of nicotine and the nicotine-level manipulation by the company is to get themselves off the hook and avoid bigger trouble,even if it means getting the other tobacco companies into bigger trouble."

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or,where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text,by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue. News report:The city council's internal affairs committee voted to allow public access to the city's five creeks.But Councilwoman Shelly Harvard voiced strong opposition to the public access requirement."Why do we want to allow access to the creek?" she asked."Are we going to turn this into a town where anyone can walk across a person's lawn?"