Originally Posted by
haxan
There's no connection or ties between the two males. It's pretty hard to find much intent other than wanting to have a last fling with and old lover for him, isn't it?
Okay, I'll go for Completely Pedantic, for $800 Alex.
Not if he knew she was engaged to someone else. He doesn't have to know the other male personally for it to still be wrong. Anyway, some of those males make it a point to find out who the other guy is/was. Wouldn't that be a treat? It would be smarter to know the cuckold (there's an anachronism!) is for certain harmless. But yes, I do think being 'caught in a moment' is quite different from the conscious choice to enable cheating, which is Stungs position.
I believe that my moral sphere should extend beyond myself and my loved ones. Certainly, there is more responsibility to those one cares directly about, but really why choose to help someone else betray a trust? I'm fortunate enough in my life to not deliberately harm or take advantage of others.
Stings point? Why not take advantage of another's weakness?
My (equally valid and arguably more socially congruent point): Why not choose *not* to take advantage of another's weakness?
Sting himself said he doesn't lack options, so why make the conscious choice to enable someone else's weakness and, worse, say it okay? Sorry, its just not a position I can accept. Its juvenile and selfish and doesn't do anything to make society better. Ref my point about extrapolating an action.
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
--Cyteen by C.J.Cherryh