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Good And Bad Sides Without Getting Ugly

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In chapter one, to engage or not to engage, it is claimed that some of the specific topics such as politics, religions, and ethics are difficult to discuss on the family dinner table or within the conversation with friends. Some even might say that people should avoid talking about this sensitive issues to keep a good company in the society, even if it is one’s favorite topic to discuss with. Chamberlain believes that it is important to engage into these controversial topics. However, there are people who argue their opinion so strongly that they can offend others with different perspectives. Therefore, he says that it is important to discuss these sensitive topics’ good and bad sides without getting ugly. Chamberlain gives two reasons that why people should engage into these controversial topics. Firstly, by sharing different views with others, one can see the problem through other’s perspective that they could not able to see it. Secondly, people can contribute to their culture through the discussion with other people. The second chapter starts with the conversation between Isaac and Michael about 9/11. Isaac described how bad was the 9/11, and he could not believe it just happened. Also, he considered this action as an evil. However, Michael had a different idea on that. He thought that Isaac should not call it evil action because this action was not evil to the people in the other country. With their point of view, it was a right action to make. Michael said that they

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