Arguments

Heh. Yamamanama: I don't find that persuasiveness article very tactful to common courtousy. The person who wrote it doesn't seem very sensible or open minded about the modes of persuasiveness. Though, there still are some interesting points in there. A lot of it seems to be the cheap way to win an argument, perhaps if the methods of use were not so much the dirty examples he gives, then it should be useful. I think.

Anyhow,

Now a days I've been hanging out over at a friend's house a lot lately. I get to experience how my buddy, 19 years old, argues with his siblings (younger brother, 16, younger sister 14) and often time I'm in the middle of these arguments and I often struggle to put my own word in to resolve things between them. His brother is a very stubborn arguer, and even after you explain to him why he is wrong, he doesn't understand, and reiterates his terms a little bit differently. It's kind of annoying. Recently, my buddy and I had to tell him that we needed to define terms, for example, the term "Appreciate" in his argument that one can't appreciaite something if one dislikes it as well. It was kind of nauseating, the whole thing. My buddy and I argued with him that you can dislike something and still appreciate it. But I'm afraid his brother's definition of dislike was too harsh towards his understanding of disliking and appreciating.

I hang out with these two pretty often, we go to the local arcade often and play Magic every now and then. I find my situation delightful, of my presence for his younger brother, and his sister included. When they get into arguments, I like to shed some light onto each side with a new light of reason. I try my best to be a good role model for My bud's siblings.

Uhm, rant. Usually, I only argue things I know I'm right about, or I argue until I understand that I'm wrong. I don't yell. I usually keep my cool. And when persuading others, I like to ask unique questions that put the other in my own scenario to see where they stand.

Jam it back in, in the dark.