Quote on shannon richardson's reflection of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond

    "When arguing a point you need to be able to back yourself up with sound, logical, and solid evidence. If you don't use sound evidence people won't believe you and your point will not be heard and ignored"

i think that this quote from shannon's blog is totally legit. This brings us back to so many debates in classes, without the solid evidence needed accepting the concept of something maybe extremely difficult. In court usually if a lawyer doesn't have evidence of innocence with regards to their client then most likely they would lose the case. With parents on the other hand you prove them wrong and they are still right in their parental head mindset. What shannon said is a good way to think when defending yourself in a misunderstanding.