As Rudyard Kipling once stated, "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." This is true throughout history. The ability to communicate through words has made the human species the greatest that has ever occupied our Earth. Even today we communicate throughout our day more than we do anything else. Communication, however, can be as big of a liability as it can be helpful. So many aspects affect our communication. Different beliefs, thoughts, and morals are the root of many arguments among human beings. There is no one way to solve these arguments. Carl Rogers, a famous psychologist, indicates that the major obstacle between communication is the human nature to judge. He presents a solution to this problem by saying that before we argue, we should see each others point of view. I believe that this would be impossible. I believe that in order to truly see the other side of the argument, you would have to feel the proper emotions, which are impossible to have while still believing what you believe.
             Carl Rogers states that one of the major factors in blocking or impending communication is the fact that we all have a "natural tendency to judge, to evaluate, to approve or disapprove, the statement of the person, or the group" (Rogers). An example of this problem in everyday life is shown in an article written by Deborah Tannen. It is entitled "Agonism in the Academy" and proves Rogers theory of how judgmental humans are. In the article, she writes about a reading group that she is a part of. It is composed entirely of professors. They held a discussion about a memoir that they were all supposed to read. Instead of seeing anything interesting about it, everyone immediately started to criticize the writing. "I left the meeting disappointed because I had learned nothing new about the book or its subject. All I had learned about was the acumen of the critics. I was especi...