Dustin Elison "Well I Say" (Foghorn Leghorn)

This piece was another great eye opener to some of the tactics that will be helpful in writing our own argument. I think we should all agree to disagree and everybody would get along great. Actually, the idea to give props to the opposing side is something I'll have to do on my topic because I'm very much guilty of supporting the enemy. I'm ousting big corporations in favor of small businesses and their owners, but I've been known to frequent some of the rather large department stores in the valley. I will not use their names to protect their identity, whateva, who doesn't streak Wal*Mart in the middle of the night for the random necessities? Usually there are pros and cons to every side of the story and by comparing them side to side it will show which one is stronger in the end. Even if there is nothing positive about the other side, statistics and truths about it will ultimately give support to why your point of view should be accepted as the correct stance. The author tells us that we should most definitely state our position on the issue in the text and preferably before we get too far into the writing so we don't leave the readers wondering where the heck we're going with the whole thing. Opening up a larger conversation rather than just the thesis is also great advice. It gives you somewhere to go with all your thoughts throughout your writing, arguing back and forth between the views, but all the while proving your point. The template examples are going to be a great resource later, I plan on borrowing a few of those for sure. I found it interesting when the author talked about people's reluctance to disagree, it's rather true for most except those few unique individuals. It goes on to say that suppressing disagreements doesn't make them go away but only fester. Everybody has probably learned that lesson the hard way but many of us continue to make the same blunder time and time again.