2012-03-20, 10:05 AM
Fiel Wrote:Is being on the same side grounds for not arguing?
Playing devil's advocate can lead to greater understanding and truth and refines one's beliefs and knowledge. Why are you discouraging this? I have no idea. Arguments are fundamentally good. Society should have more of them.
Hell, sometimes you are on the same side of a situation (assuming there's only 2 sides), but the other person has the worst reasons to be on the same side as you. You are totally in the right to argue against their reasons, specially since people tend to group whoever supports the same idea together.
I've had this situation at least two times quite recently.