To use this lesson effectively, you should know the following:
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This is a great example of the differences between an argument and a contradiction. Arguments must be intellectual, researched and well supported. They can't be just an opinion at the top of one's ears. The video is an excerpt from the whole video, which is 2.5 minutes long. Starts at 0:30, ends at 1:30.
Source: Monthy Python's Flying Circus - Argument Clinic (youtube.com) - July 15, 2010
Source: Ruszkiewicz, John, Maxine Hairston, and Daniel Seward. SF Writer. Third. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, Prentice Hall, 2005. 167-217. Print.