Whenever I begin to argue, no matter what the subject, I have been taught to always look at both aspects of the argument and take them both into consideration. The only way to understand the full argument, and to even know that you may be correct in the argumentative process is to understand opposing sides, and knowing your ways around them.
In my film that I wrote about, My sister's keeper, my argument was that of genetically engineering and of legality of one's own body. I took both sides into consideration: a mother's decision and what is legally right. The difficulty in this argument is that of ethos. How can one tell a mother that what she feels for her own children is wrong?
It is everyone's right to protect themselves and the lives of their offspring. Yet at the same time, if you are dwindling the life of one of your children in order to upraise the life of another, where is the line drawn?
Project two was chock full of controversy, and it was something I took a great pleasure in writing about because I love me a good argument. :)
Maggie,
ReplyDeletesorry if I had an edge today. My studies/work sometimes takes its toll. But its also because i care: P3 is intensive & not trivial & i want to help you all as best i can. thanks for your inputs & writings; i enjoy the m thoroughly!
jhonnold