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To: LindyBill who wrote (98851)	2/6/2005 7:58:15 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793694

This is why you get into endless arguments, Karen. "What" is why I get into endless arguments? This is another of those phenomena. If there are arguments, I suggest is it in large part because statements are made for flourish, not information. Your comment may have satisfied you in some way, but it does not tell me anything that I can use to avoid those endless arguments. It tells me nothing that enables me to adjust my opinion, should it need adjusting. It tells me nothing that enables me to adjust my behavior, should it need adjusting. All it tells me is that you are fed up with the colloquy and/or me. "I am fed up" comes out at "this is why you get into endless arguments." If your message is the former, then you should say so directly. If your message is the latter, then you should give me some actionable information. Otherwise it's a useless put-down. In short, IMO we have arguments (quarrels) in large part because some of us decline to provide an argument (a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion). Main Entry: ar·gu·ment Pronunciation: 'är-gy&-m&nt Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin argumentum, from arguere 1 obsolete : an outward sign : INDICATION 2 a : a reason given in proof or rebuttal b : discourse intended to persuade 3 a : the act or process of arguing : ARGUMENTATION b : a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion c : QUARREL, DISAGREEMENT 4 : an abstract or summary especially of a literary work <a later editor added an argument to the poem> 5 : the subject matter especially of a literary work 6 a : one of the independent variables upon whose value that of a function depends b : a substantive (as the direct object of a transitive verb) that is required by a predicate in grammar c : the angle assigned to a complex number when it is plotted in a complex plane using polar coordinates -- called also amplitude; compare ABSOLUTE VALUE 2