I have always believed that arguing and fighting were not the same thing. Yet, lots of times when I thought I was just arguing, my interlocutors were furiously yelling fighting words at me because of my arguments.
I believe Jason Kottke and I could have some great arguments. He believes we should teach kids how to argue: "I had long equated arguing with fighting, but in rhetoric they are very different things. An argument is good; a fight is not. Whereas the goal of a fight is to dominate your opponent, in an argument you succeed when you bring your audience over to your side."
I just wish they would stop yelling at me all at once so I can finish my, er, argument.
About Me
- VOKL - Voice Of Ken Lawton
- VOKL is my self-assigned nom-de-blog in the format of a Newfoundland radio call sign. It gives me a name for my voice. And when you say it out loud it's vocal. See? VOKL. This may also reveal a subconcious desire to punnish my readers. I hope you understand. Anyway it's my blog. Start your own blog.
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." ~ Henry Louis Mencken
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
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