Nonviolent Protesting

[Aquaplant]

Originally Posted by Crickett

Maybe this is me being naive, (and certainly off topic), but I like to think we're all friends (in the sense of being friendly towards one another, not in terms of being close personal acquaintances) here.

But whenever I think I've said something I should not have, it hurts me more to realize that, because I can never know what my words have done.

Originally Posted by Sempu

Stubbornness is neither positive nor negative, it's what you do with it that counts. Someone can be stubborn in refusing to give up on a friend, or stubborn in refusing to accept help. And so on. Ultimately it is better to be stubborn than not, because at least that energy is available, whereas if the problem is apathy then the energy has to be found before it can be directed.

What about when said stubbornness can cause harm to others? I could use quite a bit of apathy right now, because I fear that my actions are currently doing harm to those I care about. I think the best thing now would be for me to sleep for a couple of months and then see how things are going.

Apathy would be the only way to tackle the uncertainty that plagues me.