I'll freely admit that I feel a lot of ambivalence about the quote -- hence my original question on it. :) It's the sort of thing that I'm glad doesn't have any more authoritorial weight behind it. The best way to take it is the way Strangess looked at it -- better that she should stay true to her values and alienate those who disagreed with them, then to abandon what she thinks is right in order to conform. (After all, if they don't like what you value, you shouldn't want them on your side, anyway.)
But the worst way to take it would be as a justification for any sort of bad behavior, because "You should love me for who I am! And I just happen to be the sort of person who beats up his girlfriend, okay? It'd be wrong for me to change merely to please someone else." O.o No, really, sometimes it's OK to change.
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Date: 2003-12-29 06:18 am (UTC)But the worst way to take it would be as a justification for any sort of bad behavior, because "You should love me for who I am! And I just happen to be the sort of person who beats up his girlfriend, okay? It'd be wrong for me to change merely to please someone else." O.o No, really, sometimes it's OK to change.