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Originally Posted by Swampstorm
At the end of the day, everyone makes up their mind on their own. So no matter how sound your logic may be, nobody will ever agree with you unless they themselves choose to. A person who is undecided is still open to new ideas, and is also interested in seeing different points of view. So it's your responsibility to present that person with as much information as is needed to enable him/her to reach the appropriate decision.
If you try to convince the person whom you are debating with, you often enough get entrenched in irrelevant side issues, and nobody gains any sort of insight from the discussion. You can't beat someone into submission with logic. 
It might sound like a rather limited approach, but that's just the practical reality of the situation. It's better to put your energy where it's most useful.  |
In that case, I'd swap your "people who are undecided" with "people who are open-minded"
