I like to have an idea of where a person is coming from so I can assess their opinions within that context. A vague idea is sufficient for that. Beyond that, I don’t think it’s productive to play point-counterpoint with each other on a personal level. These exchanges can never result in any meaningful information or analyses because what any individual does is meaningless in the wider context.
Whether PS deserved her profits (I think she did) has no bearing on whether her buyers were underinformed or were gambling when they made their purchase. Whether SDR is having a great year or a poor one doesn’t address and is irrelevant to the question of whether the volumes are dropping enough to affect pricing. Arguing about Rima’s writing style doesn’t address the message that writing is attempting to convey.
If you don’t mind my saying so, arguing about the colors of the leaves on your trees won’t help you to see the forest any better. There must be 100 better ways to spend your time other than to attempt to justify your lives to complete strangers.
As a community we need to observe and maintain a certain amount of self-restraint in our comments to the other members of our community. I strongly doubt that some of the comments and exhanges that have been made here would have been made if this were a doctor’s waiting room or a coffee shop. Surely we can coexist more civilly than this.
