Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defend themselves. "That final loss of all weapons is a real fear for a lot of us," says Phillips of the Colorado N.R.A. "We've heard federal people talk about the disarming of America, and we'll take them at their word." They firmly adhere to the slippery-slope argument as well. With that disarming, they fear, all freedoms will be lost. "Guns are the clearly identifiable issue," says Bill Hiort, a lifetime member from Sycamore, Illinois. "But they're just one example of the intrusion of government into all aspects of life...
...students say they see the other sideof the argument...
...Civil Liberties Union at Harvard is opposed to Dean Jewett's decision. So is the Harvard Black Register, which in its first edition has offered the opinion that "Randomization will spread minorities throughout the campus, preventing them from congregating and all but disintegrating their sense of community." This same argument has been presented by representatives of many groups, including those of the artistic community who are concerned with the possible disintegration of collaborative theater productions...
...presence of women," who are by nature "more delicate in their sensibilities than men," and who disrupt the education of men. McGuire's concern is solely with the education of men, claiming that "coeducation at Harvard does deleteriously affect many men's attitudes towards women"; a parallel argument would be that Blacks interfere with the education of whites and therefore should not be allowed to study at Harvard...
...University could argue that many of these workers are married and have access to benefits from more than one salary. This argument could just as easily be applied to any other sector of the University's labor force...