#SongLesson:

From the song 'The Living Years' by MIKE & THE MECHANICS:

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defense

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agC7SoihH-o

How do you persuade a person who has very different ideas from your own? It is probably not wise to cause a clash by infuriating the person. Contradicting all the person's statements/arguments will likely do this. (You will get a "Talk to the hand" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_to_the_hand)

Helps to know what a contradiction is......Did you know that an argument is not the same as a contradiction?
A contradiction (a combination of statements, ideas or features of a situation that contradict or are opposed to one another) sometimes sparks an argument (an exchange of diverging or opposite views).

Watch this funny video on arguments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y

Creative, persuasive video inspired by the Gotye video -
'The Star Wars That I Used To Know'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlbPXZEpRE

Some consider this the most persuasive closing argument ever -
scene/clip from the movie 'A Time to Kill'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lnRK8QpC14