Food For Thought

Why Should We Argue?

 

                Social interactions set the scenes for the crossing of paths between two or more people in a society. These crossroads emit the colliding force of ideas, likes and dislikes, ways of life, and various philosophies. For as long as there are different people, who lived different lives, in diverse places, there will be discrepancy, and discrepancy will never fail to bring about argument.

                This is the common argument that is brought up whenever people want to make up an excuse as to why the world is full of so much tension and conflict. The inevitable equation never fails to prove itself when giving the chance. But does this necessarily mean that humans are nothing more than colliding ideas of conflict and war? Is this equation truly equal or is this professed stereotype the prime factor that impedes others from trying something different? Is this the reason why people don’t try something better? Because they already know the outcome of their interactions and don’t care to try and change their fate? Is it the inevitable equation, or is it this state of mind that causes humans to be so dysfunctional and disagreeable. Either way, I don’t believe that it is inevitable. Humans have just the same amount of will to avoid arguments and disagreement as they do to engage in them. Yes, everyone is different, but in those differences, if everyone would strive to become more civilized and peaceful to one another, negotiations could easily replace conflict. If both parties can agree to find some common ground and work through disagreements with the goal in mind of ending with peace or some sort of agreement, then discrepancy could be minimized.

             Opinions and personal differences will always find their way along the crossroads of human behavior, and that isn’t a problem. If humans were civilized enough, they wouldn’t let petty disagreements turn into arguments. Why should we argue? Let us find the solutions to our problems, instead of just throwing them back and forth at those who are involved. Arguments can be prevented and if you don’t believe me, or if this proposal is entirely false, you will never know until you try. But when you do, I assure you will have better results than the famous argument resolution: “Come my conflicting friend, let us agree…to disagree!”