Descriptions & Examples of Fallacies
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The first fallacy stems from Lance ArmstrongÆs contention that a Parisian Laboratory that claims heÆs tested positive for the red blood cell booster ôEPO,ö is due to the LabÆs attempts to set him up: ôThereÆs a setup here and IÆm stuck in the middle of it. I absolutely do not trust that laboratoryö (Vertuno, 2005, p. 1). Armstrong is using an Ad Hominem fallacy here that represents a personal attack. In this fallacy, instead of using evidence to refute what are allegedly positive test results, Armstrong substitutes abusive remarks for evidence in attacking the claims. Armstrong also maintains, ôThe French have been after me forever,ö in trying to dispute the alleged evidence against him that he was doping during his celebrated Tour de France races (Vertuno, 2005, p. 2). Armstrong may be using a personal attack fallacy because between his seven victories and three victories of another American cyclist, the Tour de France, FranceÆs main cycle race, has been won ten times in the past twenty years by non-French cyclists. As such, Armstrong may perceive the French as out to ôget him,ö but this argument attacking the French for an ulterior motive in publicizing positive test results is not a valid substitute for evidence in refuting such claims. Instead of having documented evidence to the contrary, Armstrong merely maintains the French are involved in a ôwitch hunt,ö which the alleged positive test results demonstrate to his fallacious logic (Vertuno,
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ience Director Olivier Rabin to return from Europe to review the results.
Armstrong told King he was tested dozens of times during all his Tour de France races, and was under exceptional scrutiny - including right before his final race in June.
"Just a day before the start we had a knock on the door, and the minister of sport had sent a crew down there to collect two samples of urine and two samples of blood," Armstrong said. "And we checked around and found out that nobody else in the peloton was tested that day. So I can't say 'witch hunt' loud enough."
Fallacy Two
Venezuela dictator Hugo Chavez has made repeated claims that the U.S. is trying to assassinate him due to his refusal to cooperate with U.S. foreign policy and oil policy in the region. In response to these claims, televangelist Pat Robertson has tried to craft an argument that it is a valid thing to assassinate Chavez rather than engage in a war in the region. In making this argument, Robertson repeatedly commits the fallacy of appealing to fear in his audience. As Robertson (2005, p. 1) claims, ôàthis is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has c
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