Referencing Polls

Assignment due in 5 hours. Remember to you must reply to 1 and 2 using at least 100-150 words on each . All posts need to be in your own words.1: Both Levin and Solomon provide strong evidence to support their claims on the subject of torture. Solomon uses sources such as polls, books, quotes, and other sources such as news from CNN and a poll that stated that “45 percent of Americans would not object to state torture if it extracted information about terrorism.” Levin uses visual examples to explain his believes. He provides an example where a terrorist group kidnaps a newborn and ask four mothers if the act of torture would be justified if the child would be returned to its family. All four of them agreed that such act is justified. Both articles have solid points but out of both of them I would to say that both are just as strong as each other. I believe that the problem with torture is who is the person in question that is being tortured and who is the one doing the act. Some people could break easily and give the desired information while others could take a lot more punishment. As stated in Solomon’s paper, torture could dehumanize people and cause them to say anything to make the torture stop. Any information they provide has the chance to be false. However, there is still the possibility in the information being true and if people are desperate enough, then they will proceed with the torture to get any information. While the use of torture is something inhuman, some people would use it in order to prevent a calamity, especially if there is timer.REPLY :2: In Levin’s article, he provides more visual evidence by giving the audience a few scenarios that they can visualize in their mind and using those examples to his advantage by persuading the audience to believe in his point of view. He describes in one example that he conducted a poll involving a terrorist group that kidnapped a newborn and asking four mothers if they would approve of torture to the kidnappers if it meant bringing back their newborn baby. Consequently, each mother approved. Solomon’s article provided more real-life evidence such as referencing polls, books, and quotes from actual public figures. She referenced a poll from CNN that stated that “45 percent of Americans would not object to state torture if it extracted information about terrorism.” Both articles are persuasive because they both use clear, concise, and credible evidence to support their point of view. While I liked Levin’s point of view on the topic of torture, I found Solomon’s argument to be the strongest. Levin did use very clear and credible evidence in his argument because while I read it, I was very open-minded to what he wrote. Even if I felt that it was not necessarily true, I did agree that his views were valid and relevant. However, he kept having to use one hypothetical scenario after another instead of fact-based scenarios that made his article wordy. Solomon, on the other hand, did not seem to have that issue because she offered her own personal anecdotes and factual evidence to explain her point of view. In that case, she seemed more consistent than Levin in her argumentREPLY :