Genetic Foods

The arguments on pages 1 and 24 take different approaches on the same argument. The argument on page 1 is a comic of a starving boy being refused food by a well-fed, man claiming the food has been genetically engineered and therefor, the boy should not eat it. This implicit argument is powerful because it clearly makes the reader draw the conclusion that genetic foods are helpful because, if nothing else, they are better than not having food at all. The other argument is a mix of both implicit and explicit arguments. First it illustrates a picture of a can of (genetically engineered) food. It then, instead of placing the ingredients and nutrition facts in their rightful places, puts "None of Your Business" in its place. It also has a label underneath it explaining the potentially harmful long-term effects of using genetically engineered foods. This argument, while it displays a strong point, falls a bit shorter than the other simply because a starving boy, who has nothing else to eat, would much rather eat and risk long term health problems, then perish from starvation and never live to see the long-term.