Originally Posted by
as219
So, if I misunderstood, I apologize. Why don't you clarify, then, exactly how in the case of CR-1s we're supposed to, in your words, "decide what is good for us in an ethical way."
I was clear from the get-go: There are no ethical issues involved at all. As a mostly intl traveler, CR1s do not hold for me the value that SWUs do. So, I decided that I was not going to be bothered by the change in the CR1 "rule" because it did not affect anything. I was called "selfish" or "un-FT" because of this. A true FTer, I was told, would put the good of the "community" ahead if one's own and commiserate with the 1K members who are heartbroken for losing the CR1 perk. I felt that this "FT socialism" was a nice idea, but probably unrealistic or misguided but I said nothing until
Originally Posted by
fastair
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made statements that echoed my own view on this.
As for the ethical aspects of one's dealings in FT, an example would be for me make demands about CR1s while knowing full well that those demands won't change anything for me at all. I would be making the demand for the heck of it and not because it would have an effect of any kind...