Oh come now, making a comment on someone elses post like that - about a personal issue, whether it is framed as a personally held idea or not is still making a comment on their choice - I mean you are not an exotic dancer yourself I take it? To have a holier than thou attitude is fine if you know everything about everything that a person does and why they do it, if you don't I think it is quite problematic. The strange thing about this, is that you start out by saying it is about you, and then it suddenly turns into about me or about the other person who posted? How can this be? Can I have my cake and eat it too, of course I can - there is a bloody lot of cake. The idea that the cake has more integrity when it is whole (whatever that means anyway) is about the idea of virtue being linear and reductive. You are also assuming that *your* principles are someone elses principles. In my life I have found that principles are fluid, they do change and compromise is an important part of understanding the different ways that we can make a difference in the world. I live in a country that many people feel has problems in terms of its attitude towards the environment and attitude towards women (though *some* of this is anti-Arab sentiment based on racism rather than actual issues, some is based on issues), but I still work in and love this country. I know that by working within the system (some would argue this is a compromise) I can make changes and have an effect. I can also support the things that work well about the United Arab Emirates. >Sandy are you saying that you can have your cake and eat it to? You can lose >your or compromise your principles and still have your principles? Which one >is it? Do you keep them or lose them? It is strange sometimes in life how we >can't have both - but that is for a reason - so that we know we have to make >tough choices and how we choose affects us and the rest of life. > > >Peace! >Angela
