The state has no more right to execute a murderer than the murderer had to kill his victim. Treat kids like pets, with strict rules and feedings, and they ll be good. The argument assumes what it s trying to prove and ends up where it started. Entrepreneurs are very creative people, because if they weren t creative, they wouldn t be entrepreneurs. Oh, I can vouch for Jack.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
A critic attacks the person making the claim, rather than the claim itself. My mom tells me smoking is bad for me, but she s just uptight. Of course, Steve Forbes supports a flat tax. He s a multimillionaire, and a flat tax would enable him to pay less in taxes. An argument offers two mutually exclusive claims, only one of which can be true, when actually more options are available.