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That's not really the point, although, yes, Pearlette should have done without the needling.
If you throw arguments back and forth a few times and realize that you can't convince your 'opponent' because you're both convinced that you are right, then it is better to stop and agree to disagree otherwise it goes on endlessly and no one benefits from it except your and your opponents ego. Those who have the last word or talk the longest aren't always right, and with interpretation of fictional text there is no right or wrong anyway. As soon as you have to explain humour or morals you've lost anyway because then you left the fictional world and went into personal mode.
Of course you stand by what you said, but agreeing to disagree isn't giving up your stand. It's acknowledging that the discussion doesn't go anywhere and you can either continue it with someone else with whom you can lead it in a more productive way, or just let it be until the next time.
If you throw arguments back and forth a few times and realize that you can't convince your 'opponent' because you're both convinced that you are right, then it is better to stop and agree to disagree otherwise it goes on endlessly and no one benefits from it except your and your opponents ego. Those who have the last word or talk the longest aren't always right, and with interpretation of fictional text there is no right or wrong anyway. As soon as you have to explain humour or morals you've lost anyway because then you left the fictional world and went into personal mode.
Of course you stand by what you said, but agreeing to disagree isn't giving up your stand. It's acknowledging that the discussion doesn't go anywhere and you can either continue it with someone else with whom you can lead it in a more productive way, or just let it be until the next time.