Fortunately for me I have never lost a job or friend over an
argument where I had to stand my ground. This is mainly because most of the
times when I stand my ground the topic are usually revolving around sports such
as arguing which team or player is better. The only serious argument I can kind
of think of was when my girlfriend and I were arguing over the issue of
euthanasia because she was doing a project about it. I argued that it should be
allowed due to the fact that it puts people out of their misery and pain while
she argued that it’s murdering someone. I got pretty mad at this argument
because I had a cousin named Sunny who lost both of his limbs and was kept in a
hospital for the last few months in a hospital living with pain every second of
his life. He always told my family and I that he wanted to die so the pain
would go away. He eventually died after a few months in the hospital. I
strongly believe in euthanasia because it could put a person out of the pain
they suffer through each day. I argued this with my girlfriend for about an
hour to which she finally replied with “ok night.” Which is pretty much her
code of saying “You messed up.” I didn’t mean to get her mad, but it was just
an issue that I actually felt strong about. We ended up getting over it and
laugh about it each time we bring it up.
I remember when one of my teachers back in high school made us have a class discussion on euthanasia. At first, no one wanted to say anything but once someone voiced their opinion everyone else began to do the same. A lot of my classmates really got into it and were throwing good points back and forth. The discussion ultimately ended with my teacher having to break up the discussion and change the whole topic. I feel like euthanasia is one of those topics that people try to stay away from because it is so controversial just like abortion. But, that is good that you stood your ground because some people would just try to compromise and not stand up for what they believe.
ReplyDeleteI understand the situation you are in. I got into the same argument with my sister. Though he was not a human companion, I was very close to him. I always want the best for my family and friends. My mom gave me the idea about putting my dog to sleep, to put him out of his pain and my younger sister never wanted that to happen. I had to convince my sister on how we were helping him more than hurting him. It was one of the hardest things to do, to convince someone to kill a close companion.
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