PP-Conspiracy Theory about Area 51

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Reality vs. Authenticity Others Unknown explores the possibility that Timothy McVeigh was not the only person involved in the Oklahoma City bombing. The public’s reality is that McVeigh committed the attack alone. Israel, the author, questions the authenticity of this reality. He addresses the possibility of other people including a mention of the dismissal of a John Doe #2 as a suspect. Along with two others that are mentioned by name. Israel also states that a phone call about the bombing was made thirty minutes before the bomb went off. Israel believes that Timothy McVeigh manipulated the investigators to protect the others that were a part of this attack. There was a manhunt for John Doe #2 according to Israel. They believed that John Doe #2 was actually Todd Bunting, but he had an alibi for when the witnesses claimed to see him. The dismissal of Todd Bunting as a suspect was used as evidence that there was not a John Doe #2 at all. The phone call that was placed at 8:32 am, Oklahoma time, was made by an unidentified person. This call was thirty minutes before the bomb in Oklahoma went off. The caller said that they were currently witnessing the destruction. Obviously, this could not be the case because the bomb had not yet gone off. McVeigh was very manipulative according to Israel. He admits that an article written by the New York Times was an example of how McVeigh manipulated him. Israel explains that he and a colleague had visited the prison to talk about the case and McVeigh had explicitly said to speak to the reporters. Additionally, one of his things that he wanted was “that after all the evidence is heard, the case remains a mystery.’’ Method Israel uses his experiences and access to evidence as proof that McVeigh may not have been the only person involved in the bombing. Due to Israel being McVeigh’s defense attorney, Israel had access to all the evidence that was collected along with direct conversations with McVeigh.

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Conspiracy Theory- Area 51 Rhetorial Devices

Hope Ranch Poltergeist PPT

 

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Outline Hope Ranch Poltergeist

 

Hope Ranch Poltergeist

Kronk- represents the forms of rhetoric that contribute to the overall persuasiveness of the story.

                Good arguments and claims

Yzma- represents the forms of rhetoric that detract from the overall persuasiveness of the story.

                Bad arguments and claims

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X- Yzma

                Misleading vividness- an example of this from the story would be the overall vividness of descriptions of the house, the weather, the things in the house and not the vividness of the poltergeist or situation in the home.

                Appeal to misleading authority- “But Mrs. B_____ was adamant that I drop what I was doing and come at once.” We don’t know who Mrs. B is, there is no mention of credibility to back up the authority she is given in the story.

                Post hoc- the fallacy of attributing a causal relationship between a past and present occurrence simply because one happened before the other. The example of this from the story is “she broke up with her boyfriend” the stress and negative emotions that came forth after her breakup were considered the cause for the appearance of the poltergeist.

                Hasty Generalization- “The thing seems to dislike horses” The hasty generalization and reasoning behind the poltergeist being present is that it doesn’t like horses. On two occurrences a horse figurine and a horse picture were both moved thus generalizing that the poltergeist is targeting horses because it does not like them.

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x- Kronk

                 Appeal to emotion- “I could feel the underlying tension and fear.” After the writer steps into the house, they make note of the tension and fear that they could feel coming from the women in the ropom. This was a good example of Emotional Appeal because it backs up the idea that there is something bad in the house that is causing negative feelings and emotions.

                Slippery Slope- (1) The dislike for horses and (2) the breakup with the boyfriend caused the poltergeist to appear. There were two instances where slippery slope was present within this story. The dislike for horses is what caused the poltergeist, and the stress and emotion from the daughter after her breakup also caused the poltergeist.

                Appeal to consequences- “Most poltergeist phenomena last only three weeks or so.” “You mean this thing could leave of its own accord?” “Yes, and never come back.” The example of this from the story is a conversation between the owner of the house and the author where the author states a poltergeist only stays around for 3 weeks. The appeal to consequence was the strongest persuasive argument here because believing in the poltergeist would mean that it would leave within three weeks. Where not believing that it was a poltergeist would mean that they were stuck in a worst-case scenario situation.

 

Power point over Ghosts of Fort Tejon done

 

OUTLINE for Ghosts of Fort Tejon

 ATTENTION GRABBER:

“Peter Le Beck, Killed by a X bear, Oct.17^th 1837”

TITLE:

Ghosts of Fort Tejon

TRANSITION

THESIS:

Ghosts of Fort Tejon mimics many ghost stories based off of events that have occurred in the historic areas. However, these ghost stories like the Ghosts of Fort Tejon cannot be fully believable without actual proof of existence and records of the events happening.

TRANSITION

CREDIABILITY:

I have no further knowledge of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon; however, I have had experiences with apparitions in the past. For instance, the house my aunts live in has a dark shadow apparition that stands 6foot tall and his presence in the hallway makes you squeeze against one side as if there is someone walking right next to you. The apparition roams my aunts house which used to be my grand parents house before they passed, but we do not know who this apparition is and why he projects negativity into his areas. Just like the Ghosts of Fort Tejon this ghost’s backstory is unknown, but his presences is not unfelt.

GRAPHS:

I have found the following in the Ghosts of Fort Tejon…… I have found that there are at least three key fallacies that play a role in the story’s legend, along with 1 premises, 1 premises modifier and 1 Quasilogical argument. In my observation the fallacies triumph other aspects of the argument.

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P-TO:

TRANSITION

PREMISES:

Observation

-The dates and the forts museum along with the carvings in the tree and the graves on site

-The graves show that people were either killed or died here. The museum shows the importance of the Fort.

TRANSITION

PREMISES MODIFIER:

Interpretative Schemes

-The story of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon.

-The story of Fort Tejon is limited and interpreted to fit the ghost’s stories that explain the wandering apparition.

TRANSITION

ARGUMENT:

Quasalogical argument

Reciprocity

-The apparitions and the things that occurred at the fort and the carving in the tree.

-The belief that the apparition is connected to the carved Oak tree.

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FALLACIES:

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Appeal To ignorance

-The story is told of how a Christian women had the soldiers dig up the bones of the Frenchman from the oak tree and give him a proper Christian service and cemetery. So he wanders because he was not Christian and his grave was desecrated…..

-There is no actual proof of this story or evidence to check it. So it is believed to be true as a result of not having any evidence to contradict it.

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Hasty Generalization

-The story being formed from the carving in the Oak tree and the tales of interaction with Apparitions

-As far as the evidence goes there was someone killed or buried by the oak  tree  and the stories of the apparitions are being used to form the Legend of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon

TRANSITION

Cum Hoc

-The Girl feeling a disturbance by the several large oak trees. The other girl who felt the stabbing pain before the small adobe building.

-The girl walking near the several large oak trees felt like there was a hanging there, so it must have happened. The girl who felt the stabbing pain near the adobe building felt like a murder of assault had occurred there so they must be connected.

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PICTURES

-gravestone of believed to be ghost of Peter le Beck

-Fort Tejon

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion I can see the justification of the Ghosts of Fort Tejon is simply whether you choose to believe or not, because of either actual experiences or interactions with the apparitions energy or believing the tale itself, however I do believe in order to actually verify the stories there needs to be more evidence and records of the event in order to conclude the apparition roaming Fort Tejon is Peter le Beck longing to return to his resting place and solve some of the questions formed, however the tale of his discretion is simply just that a tale until proven true or false.

 

 

 

 

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