As with so many things, from Religio-spiritual belief to diet to parenthood, people have become extremists when it comes to conflict resolution. The subjects mentioned are ones people tend toward sensitivity about. They are issues people take very personally and quite seriously, hence the extreme attitude taken when “defending” their own point of view regarding one or all of these issues. In the first, the arena of spirituality and/or religion there is much at stake for a lot of people; in fact, it is their very soul they have to prove their correctness for. With diet one may be justifying a lifestyle choice. Parenthood is very serious to most parents, all parents want to feel as though they are doing the best they can for their children, not to mention, a child’s behavior is a reflection of the parent, they are little representations of us. These are only a few of the topics I have attempted to discuss with people and I use the word “attempted” because generally conversation turns to confrontation rather too easily for my tastes in these situations, and I haven’t even mentioned politricks, that’s one I don’t generally touch with a ten foot pole.
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