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I'll agree that pain is unavoidable, and although I see what you mean about the cocoon and how even in that you've got pain, I guess I was talking more about a theoretical cocoon where you didn't even know there was pain or others out there having experiences other than yours. But then again, that's completely theoretical, impractical, and thus irrelevent to this discussion; so the cocoon is moot then.
Hm, you really think that pain takese you away from humanity, Master_Shake and cierah? I don't agree, at all. I think that solitary pain might (see Phantom of the Opera), but that is rather uncommon. More common is shared pain, and shared experiences. Combat veterans would do anything for the men they were fighting beside. If I go through some adversity with another person, it brings us closer together, not further apart. It all depends, I think.
Heh, and Killconey: That's what I'm talking about. Should you run and avoid pain at all costs, or take it as it comes and try to learn from it?
As for the quote, I was mulling over the principle for a few days in my head before I posted here. I said it.
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