I have two friends who are currently roommates living together in college named Sarah and Anne. I was recently hanging out with them, and getting to know both of them better since it was the beginning of the semester and I didn't know either of them too well at the time.
We were just talking and I asked Sarah how she liked living with Anne. I was expecting a typical "Oh, it's good!" but instead I was told that Anne makes living there awkward and uncomfortable. I asked Sarah why she would say this and Sarah said because Anne has sex with her boyfriend in their shared bedroom. Sarah clarified that Anne doesn't have sex when Sarah is in the room, but that it is the principle; Sarah said that she is morally against sex.
Anne heard this and decided to confront the problem with Sarah at that moment. Anne said that she didn't understand why it mattered if she had sex with her boyfriend if she only does it when Sarah is not there.
Sarah responded that it doesn't matter if she is not present in the room, she said it is her living space too, and since she is morally opposed to it, she just doesn't want to have that happen near her possessions and living space.
Anne retorted saying that the room is her room as well, and that she should be able to do what she wants.
Seeing as how I was here and witnessing this argument, they asked me for advice in what to do. I told them that I wasn't really sure and couldn't make their decisions for them, but I asked Anne if it were possible to just have sex at her boyfriend's place.
Anne said that it was a possibility, but that she should be able to be with her boyfriend sometimes at her own place, since she does live there.
Sarah then said that she doesn't want to be locked out of her room just because Anne is having sex in the room, because since it is also Sarah's living space, she should not be restricted out of her room.
Again at a stalemate, they asked me what I thought, and trying not to take sides (or get too involved with the argument) I said that it isn't exactly necessary for Anne's survival that she have sex in her room, however, it is pretty important that Sarah be able to access her room if she must.
So both Sarah and Anne considered the points, and Sarah finally said that when it was absolutely certain that Sarah would not be at the room, or needing the room, such as when Sarah would be going out of town, then Sarah would be okay with Anne having sex her boyfriend in her room.
This was the conclusion these two came up with, and it was an uneasy solution; neither side felt that they had won anything. If I had to say that there was a winner to this argument, I would probably say that Sarah won, simply because her reasons for feeling the way she did about sex were moral values and beliefs. Changing someone's morals is nearly impossible since that is one area through which a person makes their decisions in life. I think the moral belief is a stronger reason than Anne's "we want to have sex so we should be able to." I also think Sarah's reasons were more justified because Anne was still able to go to her boyfriend's place, while in Sarah's case, she could not just go somewhere else if she needed to go to her room.
For Argument Type 1 Sarah is making the argument that she doesn't want her roommate to have sex in their room. She supports it with the claims that she is morally opposed to her having sex near her possessions and living space, and also that she should not be restricted from using her room or her possessions at any time simply because Anne wants to have sex with her boyfriend.
Anne is making the argument that she should be able to have sex in her room if she wants. Her main argument is that it is her room too, and she should be able to do what she wants in it, because she is paying for it as well. This was essentially her only claim as to why she should ignore Sarah's moral disposition towards sex.
The type 2 Argument was that this argument took place in the form of face-to-face verbal discourse.
Due to the elements involved in this discussion and also the strong feelings from both parties involved, I think this certainly qualifies as an argument.
