You're so close!
But it's the KOWS themselves who presented so many different arguments for "need".
For your convenience, here are a few, and I'll start with your new one:
The antenna will have about as much effect as another telephone pole in the area, of which there are many.
False Analogy – an argument by analogy in which the analogy is poorly suited.
This analogy is poorly suited because:
We must have an antenna at Pleasant Hill Road because we are The Greater Good
- There are telephone poles everywhere. Major Telecommunication towers are NOT everywhere.
- Telephone poles are about 30'. This tower would be 65' - over twice as tall.
- Telephone poles are made of wood and at least mildly blend into natural settings. Major Telecommunication towers are so vastly different I'm not even going to continue. It's obvious.
Moral high ground fallacy – in which one assumes a "holier-than-thou" attitude in an attempt to make oneself look good to win an argument.
There is NO proof that the KOWS are the "greater good". Can the vast majority of the community please stand up and SHOW how KOWS is so great that they don't need to perform the proper environmental report?
Our antenna MUST be installed at this ONE location
Nirvana fallacy (perfect solution fallacy) – when solutions to problems are rejected because they are not perfect.
(it can go almost anywhere, they won’t get as good of coverage, perhaps, but that’s not our problem)
The KOWS has had other locations and they refuse to choose another location that will please everyone - those showing their true colors that they are not "community minded". Instead their actions show selfishness and narcissism.
If the City Council doesn't approve our ONE location, then you are killing the community’s only radio station!
Appeal to emotion – where an argument is made due to the manipulation of emotions, rather than the use of valid reasoning.
KOWS MUST have an antenna - or we can’t continue!
False dilemma (false dichotomy, fallacy of bifurcation, black-or-white fallacy) – two alternative statements are held to be the only possible options, when in reality there are more.
KOWS is streaming WORLD WIDE RIGHT NOW! It's amazing! have a listen!
kows107-3.org/listen/
Note that their business cards even promote listening online.
But we provide an Emergency Alert service!
Appeal to fear – a specific type of appeal to emotion where an argument is made by increasing fear and prejudice towards the opposing side.
and
False dilemma (false dichotomy, fallacy of bifurcation, black-or-white fallacy) – two alternative statements are held to be the only possible options, when in reality there are more.
ALL radio stations are required to to provide emergency alerts. So.... yeah.
The KOWS MUST stay in business!
Appeal to tradition (argumentum ad antiquitatem) – a conclusion supported solely because it has long been held to be true.
No, this operation is not a necessary public service, like the water tanks, it is a luxury and it doesn’t have to continue at all.
But don't forget, you can't kill KOWS because they're streaming world wide:
kows107-3.org/listen/
Moving the tower means SO many more people will be listening to us
Anecdotal fallacy – using a personal experience or an isolated example instead of sound reasoning or compelling evidence.
(there’s been NO data collection or survey to suggest that they will have ANY new listeners or that anyone beyond themselves even cares)
and
Regression fallacy – ascribes cause where none exists. The flaw is failing to account for natural fluctuations. It is frequently a special kind of the post hoc fallacy.
(just because a station is available to new customers it doesn’t mean they will listen)
And as if all these false premises weren’t enough, then there is the matter of the blatant lie:
KOWS claims that they “had to move from OAEC”. But in reality: No. No, they were not kicked out of OAEC. KOWS decided to abandon their OAEC antenna in hopes of gaining a larger listenership.
Let’s be clear: Radio is a LUXURY, not a necessity, as they so continually imply with every word. As such, one can hardly conclude that the City of Sebastopol is obliged in anyway to destroy the beauty that is Sebastopol and the surrounding area just so people can play music and interview each other.
Everyone keeps repeating things like:
"radio is an exercise in community sharing and bonding"
But so far the "sharing" and "bonding" is just the act of dumping their 65 foot trash in someone else's neighborhood. Is that going to bring the community together?
And it's not just the neighbors who are offended:
Over 200 people have signed a petition against dumping this tower in the country side:
https://sharpwatch.org/
And finally,
Until there has been a proper Environmental report, the KOWS are the worst kind of developers I can think of. Hell, I believe even CVS did the proper Environmental report!
What kind of "community service" or "greater good" tries to bypass the required Environmental Report?