1a. Gas says, “Well, we’ve looked at it, but we’re not interested because safety doesn’t sell,”.
1b. This claim states that manufactures aren’t 100% worried about the safety of the customers.
1c. This claim is judgmental because there a most likely some manufacturing companies that do care about the safety of the customers.
1d. This claim is un sustainable because it is just the opinion of one manufacturing company not all of them.
2a. “All saws should have this technology, Wheeler says. “I mean, we’re dealing with human beings.”
2b. This customer claims that all saws should be inventing things like Safe Saw.
2c. This claim is the customers opinion.
2d. This claim is sustainable because it is logical.
3a. Susan Young, who repsresents Black and Decker, Bosch, Makita and other power tool companies, said,”Many consumers won’t want to pay for the SawStop technology.”
3b. This claim says that customers won’t pay more for the safer technology like the Safe Saw.
3c. This claim is her opinion because she dents know what people think about when they purchase saws.
3d. This claim is unsustainable because is narrow and one minded .
4a. The National Consumers League wrote, “Approximately 40,000 Americans go to hospital emergency rooms every year with injuries sustained while operating table saws.”
4b. This claims that 40,000 Americans go to the hospital because of injuries that happened while using table saws.
4c. This claim states factual evidence that people are injured by table saws pursuing companies to make saws like the Safer Saw.
4d. This claim is sustainable because it is a simple fact.
5a. “Wec says his permanent and “traumatic injury” could have been prevented if Bosch and its competitors had not rejected and fought against the safety technology.”
5b. This claim states that Bosch and its competitors should not have rejected the safety technology.
5c+d. This claim states an opinion that is most likely shared between many customers making is sustainable.
6a. Richard Sullivan, whose firm has been involved in most of the cases, says ”SawStop was a “game changer,”.
6b. This claim states a change in newer and safer saws for the customers.
6c+d. This claim is an opinion but is still sustainable.
7a. The Commission voted unanimously (4-0) to approve publication of the draft notice in the Federal Register that will announce an extension of 60 days for the comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for performance requirements to address table saw blade contact injuries
7b. This claim states that they are making the decision time longer for safer saws.
7c. This is a factual claim. I personally believe that they should make safer saws.
7d. This claim is sustainable.
8a. Chris Arnold, author of the article If Table Saws Can Be Safer, Why Aren’t They?, wrote “But as well as the technology works, the major tool companies have failed to put this kind of device on any of their table saws — even eight years after Gass offered to license it to them.”
8b. This quote claims:
- This technology works.
- The technology works well.
- Major tool companies have failed to use this technology on any of their other table saws.
8c. The first two claims state factual evidence that the product works and that is works well. The third claim is that the company has “failed to use the technology on other table saws” but the problem with this statement is that this news reporter is assuming this. how does he know that they haven’t been in the process of installing this new technology on their other table saws.
8d. The first and second claims are sustainable because they are simple facts. The third claim is unstainable
5a. “Wec says his permanent and “traumatic injury” could have been prevented if Bosch and its competitors had not rejected and fought against the safety technology.”
5b. This claim states that Bosch and its competitors should not have rejected the safety technology.
5c+d. This claim states an opinion that is most likely shared between many customers making is sustainable.
The claim does not make a recommendation. It’s causal.
It does state an opinion: that better technology would have prevented the injury.
No number of co-claimants would make the claim “sustainable.”
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