The claim that is being made in this picture is that hunting is not allowed. There are signs posted on a country road, however the old sign has bullet holes in it. I believe this to be a claim of policy. This is a sign that is strategically placed so that hunting would not occur, making sure that people are aware of the rules or policy. The evidence that supports the claim is a country road with no buildings, just forest and fields, a prime place for hunting. This seems like a very rustic area. Although the sign does clearly depict the area is not designated for hunting, but people seem to break the rules and hunt in the no hunt zone. The evidence for people hunting here is the sign has bullet holes going through it, kind of ironic!
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The sign does make a claim of policy (which, if true here, is probably generally true of all signs of this type "No X"). You might say that signs don't give you any evidence to back up their claims except the fact that they are official in some way, so represent the power of some authority.
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't attribute the same authority to a hand-written sign that you would to an official county sign, so the design(er) of the sign might be considered its own evidence. For instance:
Claim: no hunting here
(because)
Data: the government says so
Warrant: governments can tell us what not to do
You could also read this cartoon as a claim being made by the cartoonist about, for instance, human nature. The evidence in this case would be the bullet holes in the "no hunting" sign.