These past few days I have had an interesting argument with my good friend. Some how, he has come to the belief that King Hamlet tells his son to act mad in order to avenge him. Of course, being the die-hard Shakespeare fan I am, I knew for a fact that this was in no way the truth.
After several blunt and rather forceful arguments, I managed to pull out one major problem.
"Did you actually ever read the speech?" I asked.
"Well, not all of it," he admitted.
It was at this point that I was fairly disgusted.
he had be firmly arguing a point that I had reviewed several times and knew as a fact, and yet he based his argument on something that someone else had said.
Really??
Of course, I advised him to never argue something like that without figuring it out on his own first. But still, the point remains that too often people take too firm of a stance on ground unfamiliar to them. And of course, even if proven wrong, their pride (and possibly shame) will prevent them from ever accepting defeat or attempting to allow truth to pull down their defenses so that they can become more informed and an asset to society. This can easily be applied to any situation. especially comments on the internet, a connection which is often ironically pointed out several times a day.
people need to start figuring out things for themselves. I have been forced to several times, and being able to rely on judgement and experience rather than having to run crying to someone else had been a blessing in my life.
If only...
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