"Buried Alive" -
Toulmin Diagram
last updated 10/6/2008
|   cl.m      We must implement a 
"national plan of action" and 
 "voluntary recycling."   POLICY   grm1 / cl1 The status quo has significant, inherent problems - "Too much waste and nowhere to put it." gr1a      Signif. (Problem?) 1 
- [ stats on quantity of
garbage - para. 3 ]             w1a      [ By definition, these numbers are
significant. ]      gr1b   
Inherency 1 - 
"We are running out of room;" [ stats ]  therefore, the problem won't solve itself. [Para 4] w1b  
[ definition of inherency ]   gr1c   
Signif. Problem 2 - we're "perpetrating an injustice" on the third world. w1c     
[ Langone quotation shows inherent link to SQ. ]     grm2 /  cl2        We have a two part  plan - taxes [ para 6 ] and 4 steps
to voluntary recycling  [ para 7 ] which
will  work.    gr2a   The tax
works in Seattle       w2a 
- [ example ]      gr2b   [
Examples in para 7 ]           w2b - [ example warrant ]     grm3 / cl3          This plan will produce benefits.    gr3a   Japanese
recycling works and produces cost savings W3a    analogy - Japan and U.S. are similar in
all important ways            b3a   [ none are listed but here is what it would
have to be.  Facts showing Japan and
U.S. are similar in all important ways   w.m / 1-3          = [
the requirements of a policy case.]   q.                     [ 
"certainly" is implied ]   r.                      [ none indicated ]   bm                    [ none listed but here is
what it would be.  
"Debate texts and McGaan's lectures support these
requirements." |