There’s war, crime, and disease in this world. It’s cruel but true, that’s why it’s great to see advocate groups that are trying to make a change. Yes, the TBC has really done a lot to change our country. Not familiar with the TBC? You may know them by their full name The Balloon Council. Still no? Oh. Well the TBC is an organization of retailers, distributors and manufacturers that was formed in 1990 to educate consumers and regulators about how magical foil and latex balloons are and the proper handling of them. What the TBC is really angry about is that several state legislatures were considering laws that would have severely limited consumers’ rights to have full enjoyment from balloons. Gasp! However, the TBC’s product labeling, media relations, public awareness and legislative initiatives have helped save the balloon industry and keep it up and running. It’s been quite a busy year for the TBC, with its main effort being to drum up support for the Helium Stewardship Act, which lays out a plan on how to maintain a helium reserve in the future. The council spent approximately $60,000 on its lobbying efforts in 2012.

The reason that the TBC cares so much about this issue is because any major shortages of the helium market would be a potential shock to businesses and jobs in the balloon industry and thousands of other businesses in technology, health care and research that relies on helium. Well that makes sense. This is not backed up by any facts and we can’t know for sure how disastrous a shortage of helium would actually be, but it is an argument nonetheless. They go on to say how it is critical to maintain a stable supply of helium for a wide range of industries including manufacturing of semiconductors, MRI machines, research, fiber optic cable, plasma televisions and balloons.

After scouring the page for fallacies, it seems like there aren’t really any, more of just a bit of confusion. For example, are they just trying to educate people or are they trying to actually do something? And is this group supporting helium in general or strictly balloons? You would think they would call themselves the THC if they didn’t want to be known as the group of strange people obsessed with balloons. Another problem is that the issue is just not very important. They keep saying how important balloons are because they give people so much happiness, but I don’t really think they do that. I mean balloons are nice and all, but if you think about it, they’re just sacks of air. The idea of them in general just doesn’t make sense. In all there aren’t too many fallacies, just a lot of vagueness and exaggerations.

There’s war, crime, and disease in this world. It’s cruel but true, that’s why it’s great to see advocate groups that are trying to make a change. Yes, the TBC has really done a lot to change our country. Not familiar with the TBC? You may know them by their full name The Balloon Council. Still no? Oh. Well the TBC is an organization of retailers, distributors and manufacturers that was formed in 1990 to educate consumers and regulators about how magical foil and latex balloons are and the proper handling of them. What the TBC is really angry about is that several state legislatures were considering laws that would have severely limited consumers’ rights to have full enjoyment from balloons. Gasp! However, the TBC’s product labeling, media relations, public awareness and legislative initiatives have helped save the balloon industry and keep it up and running. It’s been quite a busy year for the TBC, with its main effort being to drum up support for the Helium Stewardship Act, which lays out a plan on how to maintain a helium reserve in the future. The council spent approximately $60,000 on its lobbying efforts in 2012.

The reason that the TBC cares so much about this issue is because any major shortages of the helium market would be a potential shock to businesses and jobs in the balloon industry and thousands of other businesses in technology, health care and research that relies on helium. Well that makes sense. This is not backed up by any facts and we can’t know for sure how disastrous a shortage of helium would actually be, but it is an argument nonetheless. They go on to say how it is critical to maintain a stable supply of helium for a wide range of industries including manufacturing of semiconductors, MRI machines, research, fiber optic cable, plasma televisions and balloons.

After scouring the page for fallacies, it seems like there aren’t really any, more of just a bit of confusion. For example, are they just trying to educate people or are they trying to actually do something? And is this group supporting helium in general or strictly balloons? You would think they would call themselves the THC if they didn’t want to be known as the group of strange people obsessed with balloons. Another problem is that the issue is just not very important. They keep saying how important balloons are because they give people so much happiness, but I don’t really think they do that. I mean balloons are nice and all, but if you think about it, they’re just sacks of air. The idea of them in general just doesn’t make sense. In all there aren’t too many fallacies, just a lot of vagueness and exaggerations.