Day10 This past winter，200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state capitol building
The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper：
“This past winter，200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state capitol building to protest against proposed cuts in funding for various state college programs.The other 12，000 Waymarsh students evidently weren’t so concerned about their education：they either stayed on campus or left for winter break.Since the group who did not protest is far more numerous，it is more representative of the state’s college students than are the protesters.Therefore the state legislature need not heed the appeals of the protesting students.”
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument.In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument.For example，you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion.You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument，what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound，and what，if anything，would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
文勇五问：
（1）本题中，事实是什么？结论是什么？“This past winter，200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state capitol building to protest against proposed cuts in funding for various state college programs”“they either stayed on campus or left for winter break”“the group who did not protest is far more numerous”是事实，“Therefore the state legislature need not heed the appeals of the protesting students.”是结论，值得反驳吗？
（2）关心教育的体现一定是抗议吗？不抗议就一定意味着学生不关心自己的教育吗？其他12000名没有发声的学生有没有可能是因为觉得那些代表就可以代表自己的心声，所以没有出头呢？
（3）文中只给出了Waymarsh State College参加抗议的学生人数，有没有来自其他学校的学生甚至是相关人士参加抗议呢（注意这里抗议的对象是cuts in funding for variousstate college programs，而不是针对Waymarsh State College的funding cuts）？参加抗议的总人数是多少？
（4）即使抗议的是小部分人，小部分人的利益一定就能够被忽视吗？少数服从多数的弊端是什么？弊端就是产生多数人对少数人的暴政，少数人的权利无法得到保障。你是否读过一本名为《多数人的暴政》的书籍？
（5）州政府是否要等所有人或绝大多数人都发出抗议时才来处理这件事？这样有什么坏处？例如，严重削弱州政府的公信力。
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