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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* ''[[Renegade (Fanficfanfic)|Renegade]]'': [[Word of God]] is that the conflict between [[Command and Conquer|the Global Defense Initiative, the Brotherhood of Nod]], and [[Mass Effect|the Citadel]] is a variation of this. Specifically, that no one is really right, but everyone is wrong on certain points, which is what leads to their conflicts.
 
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[The Social Network]]'' is done this way, and the characters themselves reach this conclusion: None of them is truly unsympathetic, and they all have more or less valid claims and complaints.
* In ''[[Team America]]'', both 'dicks' and 'pussies' have a point, according to Gary's (plagiarized) speech at the end. The 'assholes' on the other hand, just make everything worse for everyone.
* The first ''[[X Men 1 (Film)|X -Men 1]]'' film had this trope for the political hearing which Jean Grey debated with politicians concerning mutants. Both sides brought up good points which was the intentions of the director.
 
== [[Jokes]] ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The later versions of ''[[Mage: The Ascension (Tabletop Game)|Mage: The Ascension]]'' used this perspective. The Technocratic Union wants a stable and democratic reality where everyone is able to create miracles through technology. They have largely succeeded: the modern world with computers, airplanes and modern medicine exists by their design. Their opponents, the Traditions, prefer a more unstable (ahem, dynamic) reality with more personal freedom - a freedom of expression that includes rewriting reality itself rather then merely writing words. (The original version had this same conflict of interest, but hardcoded that the Technocracy's ideals made them [[Dirty Commies]].)
 
 
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]'' [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=635 strip 635], T-Rex is asked what God thinks about intelligent design:
{{quote| '''God:''' '''I LIKE TO DANCE IN MY UNDERPANTS T-REX'''<br />
'''T-Rex:''' He says - there's some merit to both sides of the issue? }}
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* Done on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in the episode ''The PTA Disbands'' when Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel are trying to convince the parents at a PTA meeting of their respective positions. Mrs. Krabappel argues that Skinner's budget cuts are harming the education the parents' children are receiving, and that they need the resources to do their job. The parents are inclined to agree with her until Skinner points out that the school is on a very tight budget as it is, and for the school administration to get what the teachers are asking for they'd have to raise the parents' taxes. That gets the parents complaining about taxes being high enough as it is, and the debate between Skinner's and Krabappel's positions ends up going back and forth. The episode ends by Skinner and Krabappel deciding to [[Take a Third Option]] and rent out the school's cloakrooms to the prison system to raise extra money, although the writers don't provide an answer to the taxes vs. education quality debate.
* ''[[South Park]]'' uses the [[Golden Mean Fallacy]] a lot to find a middleground between two opposing sides, ultimately arguing that each side is partially correct.
* The animated TV adaptation of ''[[The Lorax (Literature)|The Lorax]]'' does acknowledge that a lot of people would lose their jobs if the Thneed factory shut down.
 
== Real Life ==
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