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⚫ ], therefore, may employ it as a "tar-brush," ]ly, and thus create a perceived atmosphere of controversy, discrediting the subject:
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A '''controversy''' is an ] or opinions over which parties are actively arguing. Controversies can range from private disputes between two to large scale disagreements. ], as expressed by science-fiction author ] in 1980, states "Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available."

Present-day areas of controversy include ] and ]. Controversy in matters of ] has traditionally been particularly heated, giving rise to '']''. Controversial issues are held as potentially divisive in a given society, because it leads to heated debates, arguments and tension. Some controversies are considered ] to many people, unless a society can find a common ground to share and discuss their feelings on a certain controversial issue.

==In law==
In ], a controversy differs from a ]. While the latter includes all suits, ] as well as ], a controversy is a purely civil proceeding. For example, the ] states that "the judicial Power shall extend to ... Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party" (]). The meaning to be attached to the word ''Controversy'' in the constitution is that given above.

The ] of Article III of the USs Constitution ( Art. III, Section 2, Clause 1) has been deemed to impose a requirement that United States federal courts are not permitted to hear cases that do not pose an actual controversy—that is, an actual dispute between adverse parties which is capable of being resolved by the court.

==In propaganda==
⚫ The term is not always used in a purely noble manner. The use of the word tends itself to create controversy where none may have authentically existed, acting as a ]. ], therefore, may employ it as a "tar-brush," ]ly, and thus create a perceived atmosphere of controversy, discrediting the subject:


::"Beatrix Potter's creation, Peter Rabbit..." ::"Beatrix Potter's creation, Peter Rabbit..."
⚫ ::vs.enaeus' ''Adversus haeresis.'' The Christian writers inherited from the classical ]s the conviction that controversial confrontations, even over trivial matters, were a demonstration of intellectual superiority. See ].
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::"Beatrix Potter's controversial creation, Peter Rabbit..."

Thus ''controversy'' may itself be judged controversial: see ].

==In advertising==
On the other hand, ''controversy'' is also used in ] to try to draw attention to a product or idea by labeling it as controversial, even if the idea has become widely accepted to a given segment of the population. By doing this, the company hopes that people will wish to "see what all the commotion is" and pay to view the medium. This strategy has been known to be especially successful in promoting ] and ]s.

==In early Christianity==
⚫ Many of the early ] writers, among them ], ], and ], were famed as "controversialists"; they wrote works against perceived ] or heretical individuals, works whose titles begin "Adversus..." such as Irenaeus' ''Adversus haeresis.'' The Christian writers inherited from the classical ]s the conviction that controversial confrontations, even over trivial matters, were a demonstration of intellectual superiority. See ].


==See also== ==See also==

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Propagandists, therefore, may employ it as a "tar-brush," pejoratively, and thus create a perceived atmosphere of controversy, discrediting the subject:

"Beatrix Potter's creation, Peter Rabbit..."
vs.enaeus' Adversus haeresis. The Christian writers inherited from the classical rhetors the conviction that controversial confrontations, even over trivial matters, were a demonstration of intellectual superiority. See Christian theological controversy.

See also

Social/political controversy

Social/political controversy: local US interest

Social/political controversy: other recent

Secular controversy: intellectual and historical

Christian controversy

Other religious controversy

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