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Well, im finally starting to grasp the ideas that Ramage is presenting to me. Rhetoric is the act of persuasion. Thats all I got. haha just kidding. I find myself what Ramage would consider a 'Serious Person." I believe in absolute truths. Ramage shows that persuasion is all dependent on the presentation, all the way down to articulation. In a way, Ramage is just trying to persuade his readers. Up until this chapater I never fully grasped the idea of 'proving opposites.' With his Benny and Gunman example I came to understand it much better. Some of the more accessible points to understand come from Burke. His explaination of persuasion being a form of courtship was very clear and made perfect sense...for once! The section in where Ramage writes about people who believe in their absolute truths (me) need persuasion, which led him into relativism. The theory that there can be no conversing between belief systems was one thought that I had to sit and think about, and I can honestly say that the 'serious person' side of me is beginning to take in and consider some of these arguements being made by Ramage. The way he is going about persuading me is, for lack of a better word....PISSING me off, BUT I trudge on so I can get this blog done so i can go to bed! gnite!