Evidence in Skateboarding Article

David Langley uses evidence thoughtfully  throughout his essay, "'Half Criminals" or Urban Atheletes? A plea for fair treatment of skateboarders".  David uses personal experience to make his argument more appealing to the reader. The Essay begins by the writer discussing his experience, by doing this he allows the reader to understand that they argument he is attempting to make is in fact true. Because the reader may not have a personal experience about the argument it is important for the writer to share their story in order to catch the emotions of the reader. 

The author also expressed how cities have attempted to treat skateboarders fairly. It then goes on to discuss that because the cities do not understand skate boarding they continue to treat the skate boarders less fair. This is a good technique when it comes to using evidence because the reader can understand both views and it allows the reader to side with the writers argument more. 

In  A Case For Torture we are told what to believe and we are expected to trust the evidence that one man gives us. In this article we are given specific examples from a personal experience. This allows me to relate to the argument more simply because the evidence is more personal.