DIVERSION

Section: Maneuver

Explanation
Example
Definition of Diversion:
To divert is to get off the subject. With the original issue left unresolved, one of the disputants begins to talk of something which has no apparent evidential value for his thesis. The diversion is full (instead of merely partial) when the second party to the argument accepts the diversion and joins in discussion or argument over the new Issue.

Jones: 'I think that American industry should be run on a profit-sharing basis.' Smith: 'Really! I don't think so. I don't see any obligation on the part of owners to share profits with their employees.' Jones: 'Profit-sharing will provide the worker with greater incentive.' Smith: 'Workers don't need more incentive. They need higher wages. I remember the wages I got as a boy, working in the bean fields. They were pitifully low.' Jones: 'Yes, they were. I remember those bean-picking days well. As I recall, Smith, you were the best picker in the field.' Smith: 'No, Jones, I beg to differ. You were the best picker.'

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