How do you defend this statement?
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I don't agree with this statement, I can hate someone without ever having loved them.Actually I do it quite often.
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Well....\n\n...yeah. You do. You go against what it means to be skeptical, scientific, and logical. Sorry, but that's the way it is. No offense. \n\nThere's nothing inherently WRONG with your position, but I certainly wouldn't take it. But that's just me. Not you. And you're not me. You're you. Stay fresh and true to yourself. Don't worry about what other people think.\n\nDon't worry, I laugh at everyone, regardless of whether you believe in a god or not.
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From the source link:\n\n============================================================\nArgumentative Thesis Statements\nIn an argumentative paper, you are making a claim about a topic and justifying this claim with reasons and evidence. This claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. However, this claim must be a statement that people could possibly disagree with, because the goal of your paper is to convince your audience that your claim is true based on your presentation of your reasons and evidence. An argumentative thesis statement will tell your audience:\n\nyour claim or assertion \nthe reasons/evidence that support this claim \nthe order in which you will be presenting your reasons and evidence \nExample: Barn owls' nests should not be eliminated from barns because barn owls help farmers by eliminating insect and rodent pests. \n\nA reader who encountered this thesis would expect to be presented with an argument and evidence that farmers should not get rid of barn owls when they find them nesting in their barns. \n\nQuestions to ask yourself when writing an argumentative thesis statement:\n\nWhat is my claim or assertion? \nWhat are the reasons I have to support my claim or assertion? \nIn what order should I present my reasons? \n============================================================\n\nIn short, take a stand on an issue, then support your stance.
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What exactly are you trying to prove?
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Don't press them as truths when you have no proof to submit them as such.  Assert them as your beliefs and let them compete in the free market of ideas.  If they are good, they'll stand up on their own.  If they're no good, they will fail.  \n\nAs a famous christian theologist put it, "Christianity is a lion, you never have to defend a lion, only release it."  \n\nIf your ideas have any merit, they will stand up to rational scrutiny on their own without your constant pressure.
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factual evidence, if you are always saying i think this and i think that, then there is no substance to your argument... you need to have statistics and facts that prove your argument
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Be honest.  Say, "I don't know."\n\nIts an answer I wish Christianity wouldn't be afraid of.
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I actually meant to say... "attempts to refute" ... but what does that have anything to do with powering the space shuttle?\n\ndid you disagree with anything else I said... or do you just go around making fun of everyone that mistypes a statement?\n\nwas it really that hard to figure out what I was saying?\n\ndo you know what refute means?\n\ndo you think conservative thought supports science?
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It's a sad state of today's society that few people truly understand how to properly debate a topic.  \n\nTake a look at this thread,\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=Asw2jMjFL4LB6c3iJDZYVNcjzKIX?qid=1006020307384\n\nThe questioner, and her teacher(!), seem to think that she has an actual, valid argument.  Many of the answerers really have no clue how to respond.\n\nThere really is an art to true debate - defining an argument, making statements, rebuttals, affirmations, reaffirmations, etc.  I think it should be taught as a mandatory subject instead of being relagated to the geek squad/debate team.\n\nThe number of logical fallacies that you can trip over in normal conversation these days is amazing.  Ad Hominem attacks are quite prevalent.  For instance, a common question on YA currently is 'should an Arab country have ownership of some American ports?'  Most answers take the simple approach, "Bush is bad, therefore any stance of his is bad."  You may not agree with my answers to this, but I would think that a better counter argument could be produced.  Sadly, it doesn't occur too often.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmRTc1Ys0qijjTzxFexYnXvsy6IX?qid=1006022108438
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You must first understand that like you, the other individual(s) also has a right to have an opinion and also defend it, however your might be the correct one.\n\nOnce you start believing this, you will never carry a baggage out of any argument as you will always end your argument saying, "Well its your opinion and I wont question that. But this is mine..". Trust me, in this way, you both will end in an win-win situation with least hurt to individual pride.\n\nAssuming you already carry a resentment, move away from your stand point and for the sake of argument, think you are wrong and what if he is right. Think what you would do. Probably the same as the other person would have. \n\nIf yes, well you have just released your resentment. If not, then talk to that individual NOT on the topic of argument. But the way the other person reacted to the disagreement. It will only increase a respect for you in that individual.\n\nAfter all this mumbo-jumbo, just follow the 4 steps as Mindful mentioned above.\n\nPeace\n\n.:Fishie:.\n\n.:Fishie:.
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I can't answer that, but I know you seem to be right.  I try to keep my opinions to myself in public, because I know I cannot be pursuaded to another belief, so why argue?  "They," however, seem to like to get into disagreements and arguments, and I don't give in.  On here, however, I love commenting on some of the silly answers given!  Too bad it isn't like IM so we can discuss some of these things further...
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All I can say to you is "don't take life so seriously"..people aren't really judging you they are just responding at their level of awareness..\nand there is no need to defend yourself...\nHow many ID's are you using?
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The best way to approach this is to list the prose and cones of both sides of the argument objectively.  Think of your self as a lawyer giving the closing statement to the jury.  The true trick to any essay is creativity (YOUR OWN CREATIVITY).  Close your eyes and imagine your self talking to your friends on the topic and you would be surprised at what comes out.  If that doesn't work than your SOL.
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I suppose you may have a point.\n\nBut what if someone said these things about you, could you take it as constructive criticism, or would you be highly offended?\n\nWe all have a huge mountain to climb.
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it's very difficult for you to prove the contrary.\n\n:> peace\n.
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Actually, I have recently taken the current Bush administration's approach with pretty electrifying results:  First, deny the accusation.  Then, quickly choose a subject to talk about that is related but does not directly address the issue.  And lastly, end my retort with a personal attack on the person doing the criticizing.  \nMy only struggle has been that because I choose my friends so specifically, there is no criticism to deal with.  No wonder he's so good at it!
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Why are you trying to impose the belief on me that there is something wrong with the statement the other person made?  It is natural to share opinions.  You just need to accept some and let others go.