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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I got your point. Its very old. I think Joe Strummer made a fortune singing about it...
My point is that opportunity knocks very infrequently, and those who answer the door frequently have to bend a principle or two in doing so. I'm buyable to a degree. I won't lie, cheat or steal from a friend or an innocent, but if the cash is right, I'll make the most unbelieveable and equitably offensive arguments under the sun for a client. So will any other lawyer worth his salt because that's what we do. And it translates to business. I have yet to meet a businessman of exceptional success who didn't have to walk afoul of his conscience once or twice to get where he is. Its a fact of life that we all sell out a little bit to survive and succeed, and I think selling out by doing a nude shoot is rather minor. Of course, this is an uncomfortable truth that most of the myopic absolutists on the board can't stomach. I loathe moral absolutism because I find it offensive to rational intelligence. Even Atticus Grinch probably ran a stop sign from time to time... Britney's sin is hardly worth such vehement disgust and noxious self-righteous judgment. Her kids will never work because of her sacrifice, so I have a hard time believeing they'll be mentally scarred by her photos. In the pantheon of the foul things people do every day to get what they want, the moral shortcomings of a pop singer seem an utterly ludicrous target for ire. But maybe that's just because I can't seem anymore because I'm not as perfectly moral as the rest of the laudable idealists on this board. I say "God be with you" to all of those who can live in such black and white terms. I'd love to take a pedestal for myself, if only it were possible.
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As a point of clarification, I was never morally opposed to Britney doing whatever the hell she pleases. I assume you are talking about someone else's self-righteous judgment, because none of it originated over here.
In short, sometimes I believe you when you say that you don't read anyone else's posts and that you just assume them to mean whatever you want to rail against on a particular day.
Carry on.
