Question:
Identify any fallacies or potential fallacies in the following examples. 1. If the American banking industry is to compete with foreign banking concerns, it must be released form the tyranny of ridiculous and outdated regulations. These laws remind me of the outdated law in my home state of New Hampshire that makes it illegal to take a cow up in a balloon on Sunday. 2. This new handgun registration proposal, which requires a waiting period of one week for purchasing a handgun, as well as a background check on all potential handgun owners, is badly conceived. It says nothing about whether holidays are to be counted as part of the week a person is required to wait. 3. Representative Baker’s opinion on this matter should not be heeded. After all, he’s a far left, tax and spend liberal! 4. I certainly believe in UFOs. With all the efforts to disprove their existence, no one yet has succeeded in showing that these are not visitors from other planets. 5. Your opinion on the new sexual harassment policy is irrelevant. After all, what can a man know about these things?
