Pre-Reading Question And Answer

Why is it sometimes hard to remain neutral in an argument or fight? Do you respect people who try not to take sides in a dispute?


How strong are your opinions? Can you easily change your mind about something or someone?
In some cases people feel so strongly about their opinions that they can never be convinced to change. So when someone else confronts your way of looking at things and has a completely opposite view, you tend to erupt in their faces.
Because our opinions are so important to us we sometimes don't want to hear another point of view, and unfortunately this can lead to pre-judgment and hard headedness. We also don't get to see the good side to a person or situation.
But fortunately we can be convinced to see the opposite opinion of our own and could end up changing it.
So because of our strong beliefs, we don't want people telling us otherwise, but changing our opinions can come out to be a very good thing.
As for the second part of this question, I personally do respect people who try not to take sides in an argument. This is because I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but should also be able to see both sides of a conversation and not be judgmental.
So do you hear other people's opinions and thoughts, or are you hard headed and block out the voices of the rest of the world? I think that this is something that all of us can try to perfect a little bit more.