"Worth" meme

[elfs]

Apocryphal story about Winston Churchill:

"Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?"

"My goodness, Mr. Churchill.... Well, yes, I probably would."

"Would you sleep with me for five pounds?"

"Mr. Churchill, what sort of woman do you think I am?"

"Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling over price."

Comments

[ladyallyn.livejournal.com]

We all have a price... not necessarily monetary. I know what mine is for /some/ things -- and there are few people in the world who could come close to meeting it (and even then it's doubtful I'd take it). Many others, however, are highly negotiable.

[gromm.livejournal.com]

"Sound too good to be true? Just send for my new book, 'I Wanna Be a Ho.'"

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

I always think about this whenever someone says their favorite author/band/whomever has "sold out." Umm, dude, they sold out the very first time they took money for doing something they love. And that's okay. And beyond that, it's all just matters of degree -- but trying to draw a line anywhere along that axis and labelling the halves "pure" and "impure" is frankly ridiculous.