@givenup @Xenophon @d0c40r0 @BowsacNoodle Purity is an ideal that can and should be honored, as with any guiding principle.
Instances of sincere and legitimate purity are praiseworthy, and ought to receive support and even protection when necessary.
Beyond a certain point, when the pursuit of an ideal becomes so cut off from its root that it ends up destroying itself — that’s the level where it needs to be reigned in, and re-anchored to meet the needs of practical necessity that have arisen.
It’s not *crystal clear*, but I think it’s clear enough to make it work.