Propaganda F

Dan: "James should be playing more. He played only one quarter in the loss to Richton."

Rick: "You're wrong. We won the Richton game by one point in the last second."

Dan: "No, that's the Mealville game YOU are thinking about."

• victory by definition

• leading question

• diversion

• begging the question

Smith: "Computer prices are falling. I checked the ads in this morning's paper and HP, Gateway, Apple, and Dell machines are all cheaper than they were last year."

Jones: "You had better check those ads again. Dell's prices have actually increased by 3%. Prices are going up in the computer field just like every other area."

• complex question

• appeal to ignorance

• disproving a minor point

• ad hominem

Congress shouldn't bother to consult the Joint Chiefs of Staff about military appropriations. As members of the armed forces, they will naturally want as much money for military purposes as they think they can get.

• ad hominem

• attacking the straw man

• begging the question

• disproving a minor point

Sure there's life on other planets. You can't prove there isn't.

• complex question

• appeal to ignorance

• inconsequent argument

• victory by defintion

This state needs honest, hard-working Congressmen. You are going to vote for Evers, aren't you?

• complex question

• begging the question

• leading question

• appeal to ignorance

Didn't you run across campus Saturday night? Haven't you been on campus many nights before? Didn't you paint the flagpole lavender? Answer me "yes" or "no".

• diversion

• begging the question

• leading question

• complex question

Ad: "University proves Grandmother's Oats is the best of all 14 leading cereals! Yes, we have the evidence. In a study of 14 nationally-known breakfast cereals, Grandmother's Oats was the first in Protein."

• inconsequent argument

• appeal to ignorance

• disproving a minor point

• attacking the straw man

Joshua, you can't be serious about allowing those kids to use our back yard to play ball. Next thing you know, they will be messing around in our back yard and pestering us about drinks and bathroom privileges. How could you allow such intrusions?

• diversion

• attacking the straw man

• disproving a minor point

• victory by definition

Ad: "Denny's serves more breakfasts than any other family restaurant."

• ad hominem

• inconsequent argument

• begging the question

• victory by definition

Marge: "The rich Johnsons are sending their daughter to Vanderbilt University. "

Wanda: "How do you know the Johnsons are rich?"

Marge" "Of course, they are. How else could they afford Vanderbilt?"

• complex question

• begging the question

• leading question

• appeal to ignorance