It proves nothing convincing people against their own opinion through arguments especially biased people. Arguments actually gets people no where but ruins friendship.
You may succeed in satisfying your ego with that thought that you won the argument but have ruined another's ego.
Just communicate or listen. It is irrelevant to argue.
This is the deal. I recently learnt the above from this book "How to win Friends and create influence" by Dale Carnegie and trust me, he nailed it.
I have been a victim of this.
You know that feeling when you are trying so hard to defend your own views and earn your respect? All those feelings are just selfish. That feeling that only satisfies your ego but ruins another.
But what is the point of even arguing when you can just communicate or better still, listen?
By Dr.Paul Bundi Karau I arrived at Kanyakine High School on 18th February 1999 a small village boy. I had never been to a boarding school, and certainly this is the furthest from home I had ever gone. The boys who were assigned to escort me to Mungania dorm looked at my stunted height and loudly wondered how I would survive in Beast's school. "Who is Beast?" I asked in bewilderment. "You will know." Musyoki answered curtly. It didn't take me long to know who Beast was. The following day, as the 10 o'clock tea was being served, I heard a commotion, with boys leaving their tea and running helter-skelter towards the classrooms. I was a fresh mono, so I didn't know what was happening. I ran along the pavement, and came upon a mighty man, who appeared to be adjusting his trousers. He yanked his belt and thrust one whip towards me. I had encountered Beast himself. He was tall, imposing, burly and endowed with a thunderous voice that could re...
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