And I still stand by my statement that it's pop psychology. If that offends you, that's not my problem, I'm don't tiptoeing around telling people that I think there opinions are wrong. Ideas are what drive cultures. It is our ideas that lead to cynicism. Yes, the world changed, but WHY? You don't answer that, your answer was very surface level. There's some truth, but it doesn't ultimately explain why there's such cynicism, and why many people think darker stories/characters are axiomatically better.
Why would it matter what I think the reason was? Even if I did think that, you telling me otherwise probably wouldn't change my opinion. Just leave it be, otherwise I assume you want to continue the discussion, but what bothers me is that instead of ending it, people try to paint themselves as victims. No one forced you to respond, and calling it pointless is just a non-sensical knock. We're on a DB forum, there's no grand point to any of this beyond us having a show we enjoy, or most of us (not you, just so we're clear)but that might leave you with ill-conceived notion that somehow the validity your arguments were the cause for my sudden silence, so I prefer to be clear about things.
And you're talk of "fruitless debate" - what is a fruitfull debate? As far as I can tell, the assumption is that unless one of us budges, it's meaningless. That's not the point of a debate. It's about exchanging ideas, just like this forum is, regardless of whether we share the same ideas or change our ideas.
