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Fallacies and Judgments of ReasonablenessThe Confrontation Stage: The Freedom Rule

Fallacies and Judgments of Reasonableness: The Confrontation Stage: The Freedom Rule [In October 2004, there was a national uproar in the Netherlands about a proposal of Nijmegen’s town council GroenLinksParty to ban the so-called SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles), usually four-wheel driven off-road vehicles of generous proportions, from Nijmegen’s town centre by making it impossible for them to park there. Led by Mr. Van Eck, spokesman for the GroenLinks Party, Nijmegen’s municipal executive was called upon to amend local parking by-laws so that a parking ban would be enforced from now on in Nijmegen so that these – in the eyes of the GroenLinksParty – environmental polluting, gas-guzzling, and for pedestrians and cyclists, perilous vehicles (also popularly known as “Chelsea tractors,” i.e. cars wider than 1.85 m) would henceforth no longer be allowed to park in Nijmegen. The motion, unknown in the Dutch political set-up, was passed by the town council, but Nijmegen’s municipal executive had misgivings about the juridical feasibility and casted the motion aside. In letters sent to readers’ columns in national newspapers reactions to the proposal were furious:] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
ISBN
978-90-481-2613-2
Pages
85 –109
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-2614-9_4
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Abstract

[In October 2004, there was a national uproar in the Netherlands about a proposal of Nijmegen’s town council GroenLinksParty to ban the so-called SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles), usually four-wheel driven off-road vehicles of generous proportions, from Nijmegen’s town centre by making it impossible for them to park there. Led by Mr. Van Eck, spokesman for the GroenLinks Party, Nijmegen’s municipal executive was called upon to amend local parking by-laws so that a parking ban would be enforced from now on in Nijmegen so that these – in the eyes of the GroenLinksParty – environmental polluting, gas-guzzling, and for pedestrians and cyclists, perilous vehicles (also popularly known as “Chelsea tractors,” i.e. cars wider than 1.85 m) would henceforth no longer be allowed to park in Nijmegen. The motion, unknown in the Dutch political set-up, was passed by the town council, but Nijmegen’s municipal executive had misgivings about the juridical feasibility and casted the motion aside. In letters sent to readers’ columns in national newspapers reactions to the proposal were furious:]

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: Personal Attack; Direct Attack; Discussion Context; Opposing Party; Discussion Move

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