Topic > Arguments and culture don't mix - 795

Arguments are never won by those who are loudest or most outrageous. When an argument turns into a hateful confrontation, the meaning is completely lost. Ideas about culture give rise to many heated exchanges due to the connotation of the word. Their culture directly influences how people choose to see the world. When cultures collide; people use argument to say or prove that their culture is better. That moment of confrontation is when violence and social degradation can enter the lives of people belonging to these different cultures. Cultures should never be associated with hatred, including arguments, but should be accepted and appreciated. Deborah Tannen's “The Triumph of the Scream” provides a basis for arguing that arguments should not occur within discussions of culture, assimilation, and the pursuit of happiness. A supreme culture must yet exist because a supreme culture will never exist. All those who abide by established laws are equal and entitled to equal treatment. Unfortunately, this has never been the case in America either. Someone representing a presumptuous culture always believes they should be entitled to something more than another because they are somehow better than others. Arguments between cultures lead to violence which turns the argument into a conflict of hate which is never a solution. Support for this belief is given by Tannen who said: “That's the problem. Nowadays more and more journalists, politicians and academics treat public discourse as an argument, not in the sense of having an argument, but in the sense of having one, of arguing” (476). Tannen's “The Triumph of Yelling” describes exactly the illogical and negative tactics that people choose to use to win an argument. Through the cry… middle of the paper… you clearly see the opposite of how cultures should not be oppressed by each other. The KKK is a hateful group that will never succeed in its actions because it is not peaceful but ignorant and ethnocentric. Discussions are a great way to prove points when they are conducted with positive outcomes in mind, but no one should be arguing about culture. No one should kill someone else because of their culture. The discussion of culture is lauded, but no culture is better than another. Cultures in America have suffered hatred from others, but this is simply vain ignorance. The world should see that topics and culture don't go together at all. Indeed, topic and culture serve to separate things that should never meet. As Rodrigues said, “Expect marriage” (491), cultures have come to appreciate each other and there is hope for the end of the cultural debate. Cultures should eat cake and get married.