Sunday, November 4, 2007

technique post - 11/4/2007

So here we go with a practice enthymeme - lately I've been thinking quite a bit about the ridiculous failure that is the American two-party system in politics.

WATCO - What are the consequences of abolishing the two-party system in American politics on the representative legislative system of the republic?

Enthymeme - Abolishing the two-party system would improve the representative nature of the legislative system of the nation's representative government because abolishing the two-party stystem would allow voters to vote for representative individuals instead of a party platform.

Implicit Assumption - Anything that allows voters to vote for representative individuals instead of a party platform would improve the representative nature of the legislative system of the nation.

Enthymeme w/ A1 - Abolishing the two-party system would improve the representative nature of the legislative system of the nation because abolishing the formation of a Republican or Democratic Party would allow voters to vote for individuals regardless of their party affiliation and isolated from a hard-line party platform.

BAM - how'd'ya like dem apples?

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