RE: Taking a day off - and changing the direction.
Hi, @glory7,
You remind me of something I said before when I decided to stop commenting on the whole drama even before the fork.
Most people base their arguments on beliefs rather than facts and logic. Over time, you will find yourself fighting with different ideologies and philosophies and people who are not competent negotiators. It takes time and is really useless because the purpose of the discussion is not to reach the truth but just to win the argument just for the sake of it. Imagine 100 people from 100 different cultures, religions and ideologies, trying to agree if X is something good or bad. What morality should be superior? Which point of view should matter the most? Which point of view deserves to be taken into consideration? ...
Basically, negotiation means the ability to accept concessions to demonstrate good faith. In international relations and diplomacy, a ceasefire is the first step in any conflict resolution strategy.
I think some people are taking advantage of this conflict. Some countries use peace as a strategy in conflicts because other countries use conflict as a pretext to commit injustices (e.g: arms race, killing, ethnic cleansing, ...) because peace is not going to serve them and they would prefer that the conflict continues as much as possible to take advantage of the situation.
I believe that a solution can be found, but unless people stop playing political tricks, the situation will not improve, and we would be better off focusing on Steem.
We have declared publicly that we are open to negotiations and discussions, everything now depends on them.