Comprehending Agrument

It is one thing to argue a point, its another thing to understand what you are arguing. The book gave a great example by using the Declaration of Independence. The best, and humorous, way I can explain how the Declaration of Independence explains an argument, is with a quote from the film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. "What Jefferson was saying was, hey! Ya know, we left this England place because it was bogus, So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, Pronto! We'll just be bogus too." Obviously this isn't the best way to summarize the Declaration of Independence, but it gives people a basic, watered down, pot-induced, Jeff Spicoli definition that we all can understand.

The other topic of the reading was the passage on Graphic Sex in movies. I was surprised to find that the author used great evidence and tried to be as unbias as possible even though he was against it. I believed that he would present an argument that it degrades women and subconsciously produces a sex-only view of women. He used evidence from the top grossing movies of all time and the fact that the more sex a movie has the worse it will do. Overall, it is hard to counter, but I believe that graphic sex doesn't totally ruin a movie. Obviously if you pour too much in it ceases to really be a movie and it turns into a porno. But movies such as Team America World Police, depict a scene where two puppets are having sex in multiple positions. The variations with the positions makes it hilarious, not degrading...