countering

          When I first saw the word counter, I was reminded of the days when I used to play hockey.  I had a coach that talked about winning a faceoff was all about countering what your opponent was doing.  You see what he is trying to do, and counter it with a move of your own.  Although what my definition is suggestion isn’t the same as what Harris is saying, it is more or less the same idea.  Harris writes that, “to counter is not to nullify but to suggest a different way of thinking.”  In a sense winning a faceoff is just thinking of another way to beat your opponent.  Although for Harris’ purposes, we are talking about presenting a counter argument that can be viewed about the same subject.  Harris also writes, “…the aim of countering is to develop a new line of thinking…” He is saying that countering isn’t trying to disprove or belittle something, but rather again, open it for new interpretation. 

            I think great examples of this can be blog posts.  When someone reads a post they usually have the opportunity to comment on that post.  They can say almost anything that they want and most of the time it is used to present a counter opinion or interpretation of what has already been written.  A great example of this is a blog that I happened across about comics called The Beat.  There was a post about the newest Batman movies and one of the moments called into questions on of the statistics in the article.  The commenter was just presenting some information that could help explain the article a little better. Countering.

I got this from, http://comicsbeat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-batmans-third-act/