How effective is the author in reaching the reader in that way? Aaron Friedman is fairly effective in reaching me as a reader using logos. He gave several reports of surveys and statistics that related to his argument. For example, he cites the Highway Loss Data Institute reporting “that cars with alarms ‘show no overall reduction in theft losses’ compared with cars without alarms,’” hence showing that car alarms are ineffective at preventing crime (Friedman 175).
What are the fallacies they fall into? A fallacy that he falls into is “Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc”. He assumes that because one thing happens, it causes something else that isn’t necessarily related. For