A Critique of Thank You for Smoking. . .? :: Expository

A Critique of thank You for Smoking. . .?Peter Brimelow is a senior editor in chief for Forbes magazine. The essay was written taken from Forbes magazine (July 4, 1994).Peter Brimelows Thank You for Smoking is a misleading argument which has very little on the button evidence and illustrates a weak argument. The essay is ab come out how green goddess in some small ways, can be good for you. (Brimelow). In his deed of conveyance it sounds like he isnt sure of it himself be develop he used energy be and some which are non strong argumentative words. When stating a major claim it has to be strong and get the message clear. It is back up by logic and reason, not by emotional rhetoric. (Clark 5).Brimelows refuter talks about the Surgeon General and how he has determined take in is not at all dangerous to your health. A rebuttal points out instances in which the claim or warrant might not be true or ways the audience might object to what the indite is arguing. He goes on to say that 400,000 deaths are related to smoking distributively year. His rebuttal to this is comparing smoking with campaign. He goes on to say that driving causes 40,000 deaths in one year. These two numbers comparing the number of deaths caused my smoking and political machine accidents are not even close to comparison. Another car can collide with them or bad roads can cause accidents, while smoking is totally preventable and can be controlled by the person. Value is what the author believes strongly in and in this essay liberty is Brimelows value stated. I think it was clever using granting immunity to compare because it appeals to sight and it gets their attention and keeps it. He says driving cars is dangerous and people have the freedom to drive cars then they should have the freedom to muckle where they want. Is it the smokers righteousness to come into a room plentiful of non-smokers and light up a cigarette? Should all the non-smokers have to hold up t he smoke or have to leave because they have a right to smoke anywhere they want. Smokers have the right to smoke but all where smoking is permitted. If they want to harm themselves let them do it alone and not harm people who want to breathe clean air.