Samantha Stapleton blog on the "Genocide Project"

The “Genocide Project” on the pedestrian walkway ineffectively uses pathos, ethos, and logos. The project uses pathos by presenting images of aborted fetuses in an attempt to make the audience, the student body of the University of Tennessee, feel sad and angry because of the deaths of these unborn children. However, the student body of the University of Tennessee responded in anger because such graphic photos were displayed in public along the pedestrian walkway. Some students even made signs in protest with explicit comments aimed at the “Genocide Project”. The “Genocide Project” supporters were present in an attempt to establish the project’s ethos, or good character, by handing out informational pamphlets, but because the audience was already angered by the graphic nature of the images provided, the ethos also failed because students were unwilling to accept the pamphlets. The project tried to win over the audience with logos by displaying a picture of an abused boy next to a picture of an aborted fetus and asking the audience why there are no laws against abusing unborn children like there are laws against aborting born children, but again the failed pathos caused the logos to fail because the audience was angry and unwilling to consider the logical argument presented by the project. The project may have succeeded in swaying a few people to support their cause but angered many more. The angered individuals were unwilling to consider the project’s argument, so because pathos failed, logos and ethos failed as well. If you are interested in more information regarding the “Genocide Project”, you can click here.

http://abortionno.org/index.php/the_genocide_awareness_project_gap