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coming up next on lunch break with dr.
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broccoli dr. Brock will talk it out with
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a bunch of folks who just can't get
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along it's conversation about
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disagreement that I'm sure you'll agree
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is great good afternoon and thank you
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for joining us my guests today are very
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diverse but they all have one thing in
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common they agree to disagree let's
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start with the king of the jungle over
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there mr. lion would you like to share
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with us today
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sure my name is Rick so I'm a lion you
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know king of the jungle and all that and
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and I have a problem with disagreement
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and what is that exactly Rick well it
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goes like this every time I meet someone
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new I you don't know what to say uh no
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not exactly
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I I want to eat them but they generally
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don't want to be eaten
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I mean some do but those don't taste so

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good too salty
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I see so you find someone that you want
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to eat but they don't want to be eaten
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that's right well let's take this little
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problem of yours through dr. Brock's
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patented five steps to reaching
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consensus okay the first step is hearing
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everyone's point of view so your point
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of view is that you would like to eat
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this person let's say it's Joe over
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there what do you think Joe's point of
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view is you really want to answer that
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please Rick let's work through this how
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does Joe feel he doesn't want to be
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eaten that's definitely true okay great
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next we need to think about what's
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behind these points of view why do you
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want to eat Joe
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he smells delicious um maybe but is
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there something else they make a tasty
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sandwich we need to get to your real
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motivation Rick I'm hungry good that's
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right Rick just let it out and Joe do
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you want to be eaten
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and why do you think that is Rick no
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idea Rick it's very important that you
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try to understand Joe's perspective here
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what if Joe wanted to eat you okay okay
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let's just say that Joe has an important
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meeting tomorrow that he doesn't want to
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miss fine great so you're hungry and Joe
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doesn't want to miss his meeting you
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know I actually am kind of hungry I'm
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speaking hypothetically Rick I'm serious
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I'm famished here Joe I'm gonna make a
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sandwich out of you let's try to focus
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all right timeout we need to think of an
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alternative scenario that you both can
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agree on one that doesn't involve you
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eating Joe no good doc I can't sleep on
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an empty stomach okay well Joe what do
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you think would be a good alternative
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I think the cheeseburger is an obvious
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choice come on what else Joe maybe we
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can order a pizza that's a great idea
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Joe you and Rick can both enjoy some
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delicious pizza I'm not really a pizza
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guy not enough meat how about some steak
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that's perfect Rick the next step is
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negotiation let's figure out the details
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of this new arrangement okay here are
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the details you buy me a steak I don't
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eat you deal now Rick I think that you
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still need to add a little to this
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bargain to make it fair to Joe you know
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compromise a bit fine I'll Drive that's
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wonderful you've made some real progress
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today Rick if you'd like today's show
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you will love my new video let's agree
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I'm an expert now available on sparkling
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VHS not only does it contain dr. Brock's
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patented five steps to reaching
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consensus but it also includes exciting
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examples of consensus building from
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American history take a look all
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throughout history disagreement has led
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humans into all sorts of regrettable
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situations in fact we can trace the
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problem all the way back to an ancient
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scrape up between the hunters and the
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gatherers you see there have always been
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different groups of people
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different views of what needs to be done
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and that just inevitably leads to
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disagreement pick our own country for
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example the United States of America our
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unique history has resulted in a very
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diverse population we're made up of
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people who come here from Africa Europe
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South America and Asia and it's a huge
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country when we're trying to decide what
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to do we have the viewpoints of farmers
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in Indiana bankers in New York teachers
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in Florida jugglers and Colorado corndog
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tasters in Iowa Car Wash lifeguards in
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California all with different opinions
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and priorities so how do you suppose all
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these people manage to get along when
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they're always disagreeing that's where
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the United States Congress comes in
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they've been building consensus since
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1789
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take a look at this commercial and
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you'll see what I mean conflicting
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opinions getting you down try compromise
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during the drafting of the US
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Constitution smaller states wanted every
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state to have the same number of
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Representatives in Congress larger
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States thought that they should have
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more this issue loomed large over the
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framers after using compromise they
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created a legislature made up of two
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equal parts the Senate in which each
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state would have two senators and the
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house in which larger states get more
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representatives with both groups
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satisfied the framers were able to move
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on and finish the Constitution so next
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time you're having problems with
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disagreement and want to make some
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progress
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try compromise it's delicious available
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now at the United States Congress you
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know what would go down great with that
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compromise a nice big helping of
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discussion and understanding just like
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I've been teaching that stubborn lion
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the men and women who make up our
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Congress use compromise every day to
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work out their differences some of these
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compromises were so important they put
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the word compromise right in the title
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in 1833 South Carolina was so fed up
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with paying certain taxes called terrace
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that they were talking about leading
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that's right seceding from the union
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splitsville
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that's when Congress passed the
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compromise tariff of 1833 which lowered
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those taxes
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enough to keep South Carolina on our
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team I know some cauliflower up there so
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personally I'm glad they did it that's
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how they roll in the Congress trying to
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work out differences and find acceptable
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compromises every day on health care
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pollution civil rights national parks I
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could go on almost every major bill ever
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passed by Congress involved some degree
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of compromise that means neither side
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always gets to have it their way because
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there's always a little give-and-take
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just like the way we get along with our
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neighbors every day it's the process
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that's needed to govern our diverse
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country what have you done well look I
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told you people I was hungry but nobody
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wants to get eaten by a lion so then
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this happened well folks it looks like
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that's all you get to see of the video
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today but remember it's still available
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now for only 1995
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hey dr. broccoli I think I figured out
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this compromise thing you keep talking
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about you say your video cost 1995 but I
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don't think it's worth a penny over 795
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do you think we could talk it over and
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maybe we could agree to compromise you
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know each side giving in a little bit
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until we decide I only pay maybe 1295
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yeah I wouldn't pay 1295 for that video
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so what do you say doc we got a deal
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well I you look really good in that
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video by the way like delicious you ever
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want to just cover yourself with cheese
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and hop in the microwave well I yeah
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yeah what's that is that music I hear
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looks like we're out of time folks but
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thanks for watching and be sure to tune
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in tomorrow when my guests will be
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Optimus Prime and Megatron I'm told they
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have some issues to work out see you
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then
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you