(03-15-2020, 11:26 AM)EvolvingPhoenix Wrote: No offense but...
NO s*** IT'S A QUESTION OF PERSPECTIVE.
Gem is asking for peoples' perspectives. If your only perspective on it is that it is a matter of perspective, you are not really sharing much perspective.
The irony is that I am indeed sharing my perspective. So should I or should I not share that?
Your own demand for emotional content has little to do with my opinions.
People always want you to 'pick a side', but then that isn't really asking for a perspective, is it?
Too much or too little will never be enough for some people, and I don't owe anybody anything.
Judging by your affirmative post where you are excited that other people 'get it', I feel like you're maybe just looking for an echo chamber at the moment. That's fine, we all need affirmation and to feel confident in our own ideas.
However, to the point, my answer was pretty clear, I said 'neither', because I don't think it is better or worse, I think it is a catalyst and it is qualified only by comparison within context of an individual's life. So, the question itself is, I think, impossible to truly answer in black and white terms.
Sorry if you don't find that perspective agreeable, but I also don't ponder for the sake of approval, lol.