Are we our own worst enemy?

[LycanTheory]

3 hours ago, Equilibera said:




I think that's practically a guarantee as long as the info is out there somewhere. The results may not be ever visible to you, but you should have confidence that it will affect someone, and that someone (and everyone around them) will be better off for it. I know reading about all this over time has made an impact on me, for one.




I've only ever been on the outside looking in on all the big blowups and political wrangling that have happened over the years. I was too young in the 'oughts to have skin in the game. I'm sad that it all had to happen and that many, human or not, are still dealing with the fallout.




I don't think it is.




I thank you for merely even having the thought, at some point, of trying to be something like that for us...whether that idea was fully fledged or not. I'm really grateful. Regardless of how jaded I'm sure you feel now, I know that you made an impact.




Chalk it up to naive optimism, maybe, but it's a sincere feeling.

I agree with this.




People can choose to be naive and ignore relevant information or they can choose to educate themselves from the experiences of others.




I'd like to think that I've taken quite a bit from what you've written here, as I was out if the loop when a lot of this stuff happened and I'm slowly catching up and beginning to understand how and why some things are the way they are, presently.




I think it might help to promote younger zoos (of course, the same could be said for many young people, overall) to think for themselves instead of being blind followers of anyone in particular.




One thing that concerns me is the level of anxiety or fear that seems to plague  members of the community and now I'm beginning to understand that some of it is warranted, although I do not believe that caution bordering on the threshold of paranioa is healthy. I think there's probably a reasonable middle-ground that can be reached.




Lyc