1. In the article, "Politics and National Service: A Virus Attacks the Volunteer Section" by Bruce Chapman, there are a few logical fallacies. However, there is not really enough logical fallacies to get all worked up about them. Chapman is basically trying to argue through this article that more people should get involved in public service before the government starts making people do it. I have to say, he makes a valid point with this, but it still has not inspired to do any public service. Chapman presents his point through what looks like an inductive logical fallacy, as the reader steadily learns what Chapman is trying to get across. He really gets his point across though at the end when he says that the government could start suggesting we join public service. He then tells us that the government suggesting something and enforcing something can be viewed as pretty similar.
2. After viewing the biography of Bruce Chapman, I have to say that the guy is pretty credible. He is trying to constantly talking about public service, when he is a guy that has done nothing but political service through his life. He has worked in the Air Force, the RNC, and the White House. I would take this as he knows a thing or two about public service. However much his amount of public service helps Chapman, it also hurts him a great deal. When he is trying to persuade people to enlist in public service, they could just claim that the only reason he is trying to get people to join is because it is all he knows. Also when trying to get the government to not suggest public service as much, they could easily shrug him off by saying that he has gladly volunteered for his public service, so what does he know about being forced into anything. It is amazing how just a small piece of credibility can both help and hurt the writer.
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