Originally Posted by AnkleWork

If you could look at the universe in degrees of gray instead of advantage/disadvantage, black/white, good/bad, you would see much more complexity and most of your "why" questions would disappear. The authority figures you refer to mostly only see black and white and thus contradict themselves. Following such references only yields confusion.

Seek the "and" as in : hard anodized rims have both advantages and disadvantages.