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5 Hour Energy

While watching television, I saw a commercial for "5-Hour Energy." The Commercial had a Athlete named Thomas Degasperi, or "Tgas." He was water skiing while his voice was saying that he was a water skiing champion. This right away made me think of the fallacy of Illegitimate Authority. He continued to say that he knows what all champions have in common, the hatred of losing, and that is why all of his energy goes towards winning. Then said simply, “5 Hour Energy.” This clearly is False Cause, just because Thomas Degasperi drinks 5 hour energy, does not mean that everyone who drinks 5 hour energy will be a champion. Also, we should not listen to him just because he is a champion at water skiing, most people do not even water ski. The argument did, however, make logical sense, making it seem as though you will be a champion because of drinking 5 hour energy, but did not make logical sense. The rhetoric technique was not effective and did not make me want to drink 5 hour energy.
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  1. Abigail OverbeyFebruary 2, 2015 at 6:37 AM

    Towards the end of the post you stated that the commercial did make logical sense but then that it did not make logical sense. I think I might be missing what you were trying to point out there.

    David

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