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7, The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Clearview newspaper.
"In the next mayoral election, residents of Clearview should vote for Ann Green, who is a member of the Good Earth Coalition, rather than for Frank Braun, a member of the Clearview town council, because the current members are not protecting our environment. For example, during the past year the number of factories in Clearview has doubled, air pollution levels have increased, and the local hospital has treated 25 percent more patients with respiratory illnesses. If we elect Ann Green, the environmental problems in Clearview will certainly be solved."
In this letter there are several illogical point and understatement that make the letter inconvincible, the reasons are as followed.
First of all, the author illogically assumed that because Ann Green is a member of the Good Earth Coalition he will care about the environment, while Frank Braun, who is a member of the Clearview town council, will not. However, just from the belonging of group cannot know the candidates' opinion. We cannot ignore the possibility that Frank Braun is also care about the environment, for, as we all know, there are many people who are not belong to any protecting environment coalition, but also care about the environment. While being a member of the Good Earth Coalition is also not equal to care about the environment.
Moreover, the author did not provide us any evidence that whether the candidates care about the environment is a crucial factor that can charge the result of the election. The residents of Clearview may care more about other things such the education, economy, jobs and so on but not environment protection. If so, the candidates who emphasize the improvement of education or improvement of economy may be admired by the residents of Clearview, however, the candidate who emphasizes the environment protections may fail the election.
What's more, in this letter, the author didn't consider the feasibility to improve environment, in other word, even Ann Green win the election, he may has not ability to improve the environment, For he may not have the experience about how to harmonize each interest groups, and how to protect the environment meanwhile keeping the economy rising. For example, in order to protect the environment, government will raise tax to get more money to pay environment protection project, so if the tax rises, many companies may move away from Clearview, and the economy of Clearview will get worth.
Additionally, the rising of respiratory illnesses may not relate to the air pollution levels have increased. For the statistics may not take into account the increase of the residents of Clearview. For example, if the residents have increased 100 percent in past years, the raise of respiratory illnesses mentioned in the letter is naturally.
In conclusion, the author of the letter fail to provide us any evidence or illustration to make us convince that Ann Green is a good candidate for mayor, and if he win the game, the pollution will be improved. |
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