In the article “Global Warming – Truth or Conspiracy”, the author, Russell Checchin, discusses his belief that global warming does not exist. Within his work he makes many irrational claims. In one claim he that global warming is a government conspiracy, “Well first of all I don’t believe it’s someone, I believe its government and to take it one step further I believe it’s left-wing politics! Why do I say this you ask, it’s because left-wing politics is known as the party of doom and gloom.” (Checchin 2010)
There are many faults in Russel Checchin’s article. One of which is that he expresses his opinions in a first-person point-of-view, this makes his argument seem like a hasty generalization, which makes his argument weak, informally debated and appear not as liable as it would if it were written in a third person point-of-view. Another flaw in his claim is that he does not have any evidence to support his logic, which makes his argument implausible and the liability questionable. It seems that the purpose of this article was to express his detestation of left winged politics.
There are many reasons why his claim is ludicrous. However, first of all it must be said that there are scientific facts that have proven the polar ice-caps are melting due to the thinning of the ozone. His entire argument is wrong to say otherwise with no scientific evidence to support it. If we were to assume global-warming was false, it is absurd to pin point the people behind it as only the government and especially ‘left-winged’ politics. It’s a Generalization of all left-winged politics, although all support a green movement, it is NOT true that they are the only politic that for environmental changes and therefore is a ridiculous to say that only left-winged politics are behind the ‘global-warming conspiracy’, if such existed. Another problem is that Checchin claims that left winded-politics are a ‘party of doom and gloom’, which is not true. Left-winged politics is centred around the ideology of egalitarianism, which does not have any negative aspect about it.
Russell Checchin’s article is a suitable example of a weakly-argued article. With his lack of evidence supporting his opinions as well as the irrational beliefs he presents, make for a his claim to be unaccountable.
Work Cited
Checchin, Russell. “Global Warming – Truth or Conspiracy”. Ezine Articles. November 2010. Web. 11 November 2010
There are many faults in Russel Checchin’s article. One of which is that he expresses his opinions in a first-person point-of-view, this makes his argument seem like a hasty generalization, which makes his argument weak, informally debated and appear not as liable as it would if it were written in a third person point-of-view. Another flaw in his claim is that he does not have any evidence to support his logic, which makes his argument implausible and the liability questionable. It seems that the purpose of this article was to express his detestation of left winged politics.
There are many reasons why his claim is ludicrous. However, first of all it must be said that there are scientific facts that have proven the polar ice-caps are melting due to the thinning of the ozone. His entire argument is wrong to say otherwise with no scientific evidence to support it. If we were to assume global-warming was false, it is absurd to pin point the people behind it as only the government and especially ‘left-winged’ politics. It’s a Generalization of all left-winged politics, although all support a green movement, it is NOT true that they are the only politic that for environmental changes and therefore is a ridiculous to say that only left-winged politics are behind the ‘global-warming conspiracy’, if such existed. Another problem is that Checchin claims that left winded-politics are a ‘party of doom and gloom’, which is not true. Left-winged politics is centred around the ideology of egalitarianism, which does not have any negative aspect about it.
Russell Checchin’s article is a suitable example of a weakly-argued article. With his lack of evidence supporting his opinions as well as the irrational beliefs he presents, make for a his claim to be unaccountable.
Work Cited
Checchin, Russell. “Global Warming – Truth or Conspiracy”. Ezine Articles. November 2010. Web. 11 November 2010
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