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Old 04-27-19, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tandempower
In love there is sometimes sacrifice, but true love never subjugates people against their will and/or conscience except maybe where the end is so great it justifies the means, like when you have to force a child to take medicine against their will for their own good.

E.g. if you really care about your LCF family member, you avoid asking them to drive if at all possible. Only out of utmost desperation would you ask them to sacrifice their ethic, and then it would be with a heavy heart, i.e. if you truly respect them as a person and their value of not driving.

Too often ideologically mainstream people marginalize their family members because they can't understand them. People choose certain religious beliefs, cultural preferences, etc. for well thought-out reasons, so it's important to respect these deeply and give serious consideration when asking them to go against their own better judgment to go along with other cultural norms/expectations, however normal and mainstream you may consider them.
So you suggest he has his mom drive the niece?
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