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	38 Ways To Win An Argument

kankamuso

7-31-2007 11:59 PM

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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/38-ways-to-win-an-argument-arthur-schopenhauer/"><B>2 Use different meanings of your opponent’s words to refute his argument.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/38-ways-to-win-an-argument-arthur-schopenhauer/"><B>3 Ignore your opponent’s proposition, which was intended to refer to some particular thing.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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border: none;" cite="http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/38-ways-to-win-an-argument-arthur-schopenhauer/"><B>9 Use your opponent’s answers to your question to reach different or even opposite conclusions.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/38-ways-to-win-an-argument-arthur-schopenhauer/"><B>10 If your opponent answers all your questions negatively and refuses to grant you any points, ask him or her to concede the opposite of your premises.</B></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5C82A47D-CF75-4CA6-82BA-9A03CE031BED/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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