Friday, February 19, 2010

Question #1 week of Feb. 14-20

3) Las Vegas has too many people. There's not enough water in the desert to support more than a million people. And the infrastructure of the city can't handle more than a million: The streets are overcrowded, and traffic is always congested; the schools are overcrowded, and new ones can't be built fast enough. We should stop migration to the city by tough zoning laws in the city and country.

Argument? The argument is that Las Vegas is overpopulated.

Conclusion: The conclusion is that new laws should be put in place, regarding zoning laws, and how the city determines what is an appropriate amount of people to have immigrating to the city.

Additional premises needed? To make the argument more convincing, the author could have cited facts regarding his statements on population and immigration.

Identify any subarguments: The first subargument is that there isn't enough water to support the current population, and the second subargument that preventing people from living there and stricter zoning regulations will solve the problem of overpopulation.

Good argument? I think it is a pretty strong argument, since it is common knowledge to most people that there are a lot of people in Las Vegas at any given time, and that is in the middle of a desert. Overall, it is a oretty convincing argument.

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