I've been reading a lot of discussions lately, and being the natural opinionated and curious person that I am - it all got me thinking. Whenever I'm having a debate or 'difficulty of agreement' with another person over anything at all, I always find myself siding with people who aren't or can't defend themselves.
For example...drug addicts, most of them feel trapped and therefore they turn into addicts simply striving to find something to fill a void. Now I sympathize with them, but many people don't and take a hard straight forward approach. I think victimizing or putting a stigma on people who feel trapped isn't going to get us ANYWHERE.
So, here is my question: Do you think compassion and understanding are the way to improving everyday complications... or direct and forward approaches?
