Logical Fallacies In Tattoos By Buchness And Mary Ruth

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"Tattoos “written by Buchness and Mary Ruth presents us with facts regarding tattoos, some being logical fallacies and opinions that has no proof to back it up. The article also portrays the usual stereotyping that people tend to express towards the topic tattoos in general. In the end, Buchness and Mary Ruth decides to use scare tactics without having any evidence to prove them to be true just like in the beginning of the article. One of the first logical fallacies I found after reading “Tattoos” is when Buchness and Mary Ruth states that, “a distinguishing characteristic of someone with a tattoo is that they are more likely to have served jail time than those without tattoos” (pg. 9). The article fails to show us evidence that this is true. In the article Secret Ink: Tattoo's Place in Contemporary American Culture John Roberts conducted a study on the people getting tattoos at the tattoo shop he just so happen to work at as an receptionist helping people arrange appointments to get ink. During the time of this particular study he just so happened to ask a cop by the name of Marybeth over the age of …show more content…

9). Yet again, there is no confirmation of this fact being legit. According to the article Secret Ink: Tattoo's Place in Contemporary American Culture John Robert presents us with the fact that “tattooing is increasingly practiced and appreciated by mainstream middle class individuals” (Demello 41, Irwin, 50 pg. 153). If it is was true that people with tattoos are in the lower economic strata than those without tattoos than why are the people that are mainly getting them the most in the middle class instead of the ones that are unemployed. Also if this was true how would the people with low economic be able to afford to get tattoos with little no money coming

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