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All right now that I don't have a two year old on me...
When it comes to unpopular opinions and thinking out loud.
We all know the popular opinions but how often do we question our systems? How often do we just settle for what we have and let it be.
Just because there may not be something wrong, like there is nothing wrong with my pentium II there could be room for upgrade and improvement.
Sometimes that comes in the form of something like the short lived sempron phase amd went through with the inevidable return to athlon processors.
But again you never know if you don't challenge. You never know if you don't try.
I have learned a lot. I don't want to argue to be right and this is not about my ego.
It got out of hand when some persons resorted to immature low blows to win a fight but when that happens it should be cut off rather than beating a dead horse.
Learning from arguments is one of the most valuable lessons I have learned in my life. In my grade 11 social studies class the teacher randomly separated us into two even groups.
He gave us a topic. One of the topics was abortion.
The people on team A despite what they believed in had to defend abortion. The people on team B had to dispute it.
We had to find five key points to why there should/should not be legal abortions. We were 16 and out of that room came some of the most convincing arguments. We also discussed the legalization of marijuana, prostitution, slavery even the list goes on. Once a week we were given a new assignment.
The best was when he first split us up he asked who believes in X and everyone who raised their hand was put on the team opposing it. Wow. Fun!
The point was not who won, but what both sides could learn from the debate.
It is never about who is right, but what is true. It is true that there are bad things when it comes to topic A, but it is also true that topic A benefits society in this way. Then looking at the facts you decide what is right. Not who is right just because they defend one solid opinion.
Someone who will tell you straight up they can only see one side is always wrong.
I will argue the unpopular just to get all the information and learn more and I think thats a skill not to be taken for granted.
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