Legal For Sexting

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The article “teens should be punished legally for ‘sexting’ ” was published by Age of Consent in 2010 . In this article, the author argues with parents and some experts who are against punishing teens legally for sexting. In This article, the author discussed how sexting can have serious repercussions and how are some of the convicted teenagers’ parents and liberty parties’ experts rejecting these punishments with excuses that the teenagers are not adults and they do stupid things and having technology was one of these excuses. The author was somewhat effective in using pathos, logos and ethos to convince the rejecting parents and experts of the mandatory of teen’s sexting legal punishment. By using logos and pathos appeals, the author…show more content…
The author used an ethos and logos appeals to introduce his or her purpose as he/she stated “The best way to teach teens that sexting is wrong is to prosecute them legally.”, “But this is something that just cannot be dismissed as kids ‘ doing stupid things.’” ”Authorities aren’t convicting children, but using the law as teaching tool and trying to put stop to a toxic new trend.” And “The civil libertarians may wish to consider their position.”. The author wanted to persuade the parents and the expert that the authorities don’t convicting the teens and considering them criminals, but they are using this punishment because it is the best way to teach them it is wrong and to stop them from doing it…show more content…
The author tried to convince the parent as well as the experts that being a teenager can’t be an excuse for committing sexting by using the logic strategy, “ But this is something that just cannot be dismissed as kids ‘ doing stupid things.’.”, And he or she was trying to convince the audience that the authorities don’t consider these teens a criminals, but they just want to put an end to this “dangerous new trend” as he or she used the ethos strategy, ”Authorities aren’t convicting children, but using the law as teaching tool and trying to put stop to a toxic new trend.” . The author used a pathos appeal when talking to the oppose experts by mentioning the sad story of Jessie’s subside, “ Bertani must not have heard of the Cincinnati suicide.” ; Also he or she used a logos appeal to convince the experts that this “dangerous new trend” is not a private issue and it is also due to the irresponsibility of the parent to their teens: “ The civil libertarians may wish to consider their position. They claimed it is a private matter best resolved by parental responsibility. Would it follow that their parental irresponsibility should make the parent the legally liable

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