Is discussing the best policy?

Is discussing the best policy? Since our teenage  years, we are taught the importance of discussing and we should exchange ideas and thoughts with each other. We do try our best to discuss with our classmates, professors and dearest families.

 However, what if we come across  people  who  keep complaining about their suffering? It’s very possible that they only want to speak out instead of a real solution for their problem. In those cases, I think the best way to do is just listening until they ask for some suggestions. Besides, when we run into people who always hold the opposite opinions from us, should we stick to ours points of view and go all out to persuade? If those kinds of discussion would, without exception, 

 lead to unreasonable quarrel, I think a smarter strategy is to listen attentively.

Thus, we can see the value of both sides and reach mutual understanding. After all, a discussion would not necessarily reach the only one correct answer.

* thank you for any corrections and comments.

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   Hello Pei.

  That is one terrific  essay.  You might be interested to know that Psychiatriest Carl Gustav Jung came to the very same conclusion you had many  years ago.

In his book,  "The Undiscovered Self,"  Jung articulated the idea  that dialogue can become so emotionally heated in some circumstances, that no rational discourse is possible.  Jung had seen the onslaught of the  Fascist governments in Europe in the mid 20th Century, and new well the powerful and destructive effects of Propaganda used  as a national policy. 

  Similarly, one sees the very same exercise of Propagandistic and Fascistic  argumentation  introduced in philosophies such as New Atheism as advocated by noted Scientist Richard Dawkins, et al.

 Great Essay Pei. Really great.---Warm Regards, Bruce