Pseudo arguments

A pseudo argument in the real world would be a statement without any backup. Either that, or soemthing that is just simply debatable. The example used in class was "chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla" which is just an opinion. Any opinion could be called a pseudo-argument, depending on the way it is expressed. Therefore, all world and national politics are pseudo-arguments, because they are all opinions on how to make the world run better. Of course, polititians give reasons as to why their view points are "better", and it could even be arguable that politics does have a true right and wrong, its just that nobody really can say what that is. If the entire world were polled about chocolate and vanilla ice cream, whichever one that wins could potentially be the "correct" argument, but even that is arguable. Therefore, in a way, all arguments could be said to begin as pseudo arguments- it is the back up and the process of getting a point across that differentiates it.