On Homer Simpson and his Favorite Foods

When I started reading the second chapter Of Thank You For Arguing, I noticed the title of the section, Offense. Immediately ,my mind thought about the beginning of a judo or fencing duel. I was proved wrong, since the author begins by establishing the important difference between fighting and arguing. Fighting, according to the author's terms, reminded me of the seven K-4 kids that ride the same bus as I do in the afternoon. I hate them. Their arguments aren't even arguments, so now I realize the true difference between the two. 

The author then emphasized the idea of how rhetoric is complicated--even in the most simple situations. For example, avoiding a speeding ticket, or convincing your daughter to go eat somewhere else. But there was something particular about his examples that made the strategy elaborate and necessary to be well thought out, in order for it to work. 

Also, another thing I found precisely interesting, was his examples of seduction as the opposite of fighting or arguing, which is something i have never really thought about as exactly opposites. But his arguments convince me, ironically, into believing what he sees, and agreeing.