Directions: Rewrite your blog, "Determining Arguments." Look for any elements we have so far discussed that you could improve, and also perform a read-aloud with your blog. Eliminate spelling errors, make sure that your blog is in the form of a paragraph, and take any of your peers' constructive criticism into consideration that you think would help improve your argument. Also, now that you can identify logical fallacies, please fix those errors as well.
Check points 2, 3, 5, and 7 on page 14 of Inquiry should help. Also, check out the LBH revising section of the LBH guide posted on D2L.
If you did not perform this blog, then this will be your opportunity to do so. Write a single draft first, and then check for editing points (perhaps share your intended post with a friend, family member or co-worker for assistance).
Due February 26th before class.
Reply: Free pass. No reply. The initial response will be worth the full 4 points of the week.
One of the main arguments of the video could be effects of sound, and how it can be utilized as a weapon for interrogation. In the introduction it is explained that there is different types of pitches, frequencies and vibrations that correlate with sound. Some of the support comes from the subject’s testimony and what the narrator explains. There really isn’t a lot of support for the claim. There is no evidence that is offered in the middle of this segment, which in part makes this argument very weak. If the subject actually stated what had affected him, and in which way then maybe that would make the argument more convincing.
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ReplyDeleteIn the video they highlight the use of sound at high levels as a type of torture during interrogation at Guantanamo Bay. Sound used at high decibels can create permanent damage to ears. To make this even more excruciating the sounds played over cheap speakers will distort and often times become more annoying than the loud music itself. The use of high frequency sounds in the video and the decibel inflections enforce the idea that when listened to for days on end sound of this time could be torturous.
ReplyDeleteThe main argument of this video was about how sound can be harmful if one uses it in a certain way. The introduction supports the main argument by proving how sound can hurt someone's ears when used in pitches higher than 80 decibels. The middle part of the video was very convincing and thought out the way they had a prisoner give descriptive details on his experiences giving the viewers a mental picture of what he went through. The ending was demonstrating the distortion through the music.
ReplyDeleteThe video begins with distorted sounds at different decibels, while a narrator explains how high levels of sound can be damaging to one's ears.The video later goes on to show a young man talking about his experience having been a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. Which leads to the main argument, which is the use of several different methods of interrogation used on inmates. The former prisoner talks about walking in shackles and being caged in a tiny box. As the video plays more and more distorted sounds are brought into the video. The man finishes by talking about adjusting to "normal" life after his release.
ReplyDeleteThe main point of this video was about how something as simple as sound can be used as a torture method at Guantanamo Bay. The introduction of the video supports the main point by playing high pitch tunes that can become annoying or painful over time. The middle gave detail on how sound was used for torture. They would play heavy metal music for 48 hours during interrogation on inexpensive speakers because the cheap speakers had distortion. Distortion was more annoying than the sound of the music. The middle convinced me of the main point because they had a prisoner give detail on his experience at Guantanamo Bay. The ended was wrapped up by playing an example of heavy metal music that prisoners were forced to listen to.
ReplyDeleteThe main argument of the video was that, at certain points, sound can become very painful and even leave damage to the ears. The introduction gave a brief background on this, explaining at which points sound can cause pain. The video further proved this point by the story of the Guantanamo Bay detainee. He confirmed that sound was used as a form of torture. If it is used for torture, then how annoying or painful it must be capable of becoming. The video used both auditory and visual examples of sound and its effects on the human ear, including very loud music. The narrator mentioned how even the distortion from a cheap speaker can cause pain in one's ears when it is playing loud music. The video was summed up with a good example of how sound can turn a liquid into a solid, and silence can change it back again, further demonstrating the damage that a high amount of sound can cause in one's ears.
ReplyDeleteIn this video, I think the main argument is sound harms our ears when it reaches a certain decibel and how sound can be used as a tool for torturing people. The main idea is in the beginning of the video and then there are some examples to support the main idea, one of them is the noisy sound, another one is talking about how sound was used in Guantanamo Bay to torture people, and last one is sound can change liquid to solid and solid back to liquid. I think the argument in the middle of video, which is a guy talking, supports the idea sound was used in Guantanamo Bay to torture people. And the conclusion is an experiment supports other ideas.
ReplyDeleteIn the video the main argument is how sound at a certain decibel can become harmful to the human ear. The introduction gave a description on the usage of decibels to create ear piercing sounds. The video further backed its point by having a prisoner of Guantanamo Bay come and explain the tortures of sound that he went through. The fact that a prison uses sound as a form of torture gives the argument basically enough detail to back the argument. The conclusion ends the argument nicely by giving a live example of what sound can do to a solid form.
ReplyDeleteThe point of the video is a first hand account of how sound is a tool used in interrogation. It is applied as a means to break a person down in order to gain intelligence and a conviction. When used in psychological operations, loud and/or distorted music can have a permanent effect on the physical anatomy and health of the ear, but emotional damage to the person as well. The end of the video shows how vibration from sound can turn a liquid into a semi-solid form, and back again. This type of damage is not replicated inside the ear, but the video shows how powerful and damaging sound vibration can be. That being said, I found myself wondering if the significance of the liquid being changed and then back again was to be symbolic of the emotions of a man during confinement and interrogation.
ReplyDeleteThe video states that the Guantanamo Bay prisoners were effectively tortured by subjecting them to distorted music that was played through old speakers at higher decibels. The introduction supports the main argument by discussing how listening to this higher decibel music over long periods of time would permanently damage the intricate system found in the ears. The middle part of the video was convincing it was able to demonstrate just how grating higher frequency sounds and distorted music could be to the prisoners. The conclusion wraps up the argument by symbolically showing how the ears would react to the continuous distorted music by the solid transforming into a liquid in the speaker.
ReplyDeleteThe video displays the effects sound can have on people. It demonstrates this by a short background in the beginning and later supports it with the Guantanimo detainee who was tortured using sound. This makes him the perfect example to display to the audience by making it a personal experience it draws the audience in and makes the situation relatable. Towards the end of the video they demonstrate how sound can altar a liquid to solid and back again giving a visual aid strengthens their main point and supports it. Overall I beleive they executed their main point of the way sound can affect somebody very thorouly.
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