1. Identify the argument(s) presented in the text, stating all their premises and conclusions, and putting the argument(s) in standard form. 2. Name all informal fallacies committed in the argument(s). 3. Explain and justify your answer (give the reasons why you identified these fallacies). 1. Dear Ann: Recently I was shopping downtown in 20-below zero weather. A stranger walked up to me and said, “I wonder how many beautiful rabbits died so you could have that coat?” I noticed she was wearing a down coat, so I asked if the geese they got the down from to make her coat were still alive. She looked surprised. Obviously she had never given it a thought. If people are so upset about cruelty to animals, why don’t they go after the folks who refuse to spend the money to have their pets neutered and spayed? Thousands of dogs are put to death every year because the animal pounds can’t feed and house them. Talk about cruelty to animals- that’s the best example there is. 2. A high school teacher once told my class that, if a police state ever arose in America, it would happen because we freely handed away our civil rights in exchange for what we perceived would be security from the government. We are looking at just that in connection with the current drug crisis. For almost thirty years, we’ve seen increasing tolerance, legally and socially of drug use. Now we are faced with the very end of America as we know it, if not from the drug problem, then from the proposed solution to it. First, it was urine test. Officials said that the innocent have nothing to fear. Using that logic, why not allow unannounced police searches of our homes for stolen goods? After all, the innocent would have nothing to fear. Now we’re looking at the seizure of boats and other property when even traces of drugs are found. You’d better hope some drug-using guest doesn’t drop the wrong thing in your home, car, or boat. The only alternative to declaring real war on the real enemies – the Asian and South American drug families – is to wait for that knock on the door in the middle of the night.