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Hm, interesting respsonses so far. Heh, lots to read since yesterday. I agree that feeling physical pain in general is a good thing, for the obvious reasons; anyone read that story about the girl who can't feel pain? Her parents have to take such careful care of her. But also, as much as I don't like the band, I sometimes agree with Pennywise's devil advocate view. Why bother with mental anguish? Sure, you learn from it and this learning spares you from future pain, but wouldn't it be better to just not experience that in the first place? heh, I guess my argument is along the lines of "So what if I want to live in a cocoon?" But what's so great about knowledge, anyway? Why is it good to learn, and learn through pain?
But I guess the problem with that is in what Loganmule points out: Without the negative, can you truly appreciate the positive? If I live in my neutral cocoon for years, would it be a happier existance for lack of pain?
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