CHAPTER 1<br > Introduction to<br > Argument<br >THE NATURE OF ARGUMENT<br > A ~onversalitm overheard in the school cafeteria:<br > "Hey， hou) come you didn l order tile meut loaf special? It S pretty<br > good today， "<br > "Well， I read this book about vegetarianism， and I ve decided to<br > give up meal. The book says meat s unhealthy and vegetarians live<br > longer，"<br > "Don l be silly. Americans eat lots of meat， and we re living longer<br > and longer，"<br > "Listen， this book tells how much heakhier the Danes were during<br > World War 11 because the)" couldn t gel meat."<br > "1 don t believe it. A lot of these health books are written by<br > quacks， It s pretty dumb to change your diet after reading one book."<br > rl hesc people are having whal most of us would call an argument，<br > one that so Ull~S dangerously close to a quarrel. There are， however， sig-<br > i ficaat dinerence~ be ween the co oquial meaning of argullaent as a<br > quarrel and its definition as a process of reasoning and advartc ng prool，<br > 3<br >