It would have been much easier to simply say, Yeah, he's right. I agree with that.
如果不經過自己的思考就簡單地說:"噢,他是對的,我同意",
Or to simply reject the point of view by saying, The old man doesn't know what he's talking about.
或是拒絕說:"這個老爸不知道自己在說什么",
Instead, having two dads whom I loved forced me to think and ultimately choose a way of thinking for myself.
然而,這兩個我所愛的觀點不同的爸爸卻迫使我對每一個有分歧的問題進行思考,并最終形成自己的想法。
As a process, choosing the thing for myself turned out to be much more valuable in the long run,
這一過程,即自己去思考和選取的過程,在后來的漫長歲月中被證明對我是非常有益的。
rather than simply accepting or rejecting a single point of view.
而不是簡單地全盤肯定或者全盤否定一個觀點