On respect and responsibility

[dreda]

In Which Dreda Regards Her Navel (no, really, Dreda has a navel and legs and hair - you just can't usually see them).

I am thoughtful about discussions that are happening in several places, mostly pointing to this piece from elseweb. I find no fault with the philosophy in the abstract. But it makes me think about responsibility and respect in the

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[rosinavs]

I will admit that I tend not to wear my regalia, usually because I forget to put it on. Also because my beloved gave me a piece of jewelry as his favor and I've had folks ask what award that medallion was for (our off-the-cuff answer is the "I Am Loved award"). Also, I stopped wearing all of it at once because it clanks. Also, persona is not one of my Things, although I have eventual vague plans to research Rosina more than just sometime between 1450 and 1499 somewhere in southern Germany/northern Switzerland. I also have vague plans for alternate personae, depending on whether women would have taught in Italian arithmetic schools in the 1470s, but I don't know enough yet about whether an Italian male scholar would wear award bling either

[mermaidlady]

I've been fortunate in that much of my regalia is persona-appropriate. I only wear most of it on High State Occasions, although I've been known to wear my Laurel medallion when I'm feeling dressy, 'cause it's very pretty.

I only wear my Carolingian Order medallions when someone is being inducted and I remember to bring them. I have a wee full Moon pendant that Yevsha gave me when I was inducted that hangs off my chatelaine.

[katkt]

I'm going to veer wildly, but only momentarily, off topic. You said:
"I am willing to risk presumption to talk about a philosophical principle...."

Speaking of philosophical principles, I wondered if you think that the meaning of a word is its use in the language?

;-) [ hopefully, it hasn't been so long that you've forgotten ]

On topic, from an outsiders viewpoint, it's a game. Play it the way that you find fulfilling. Some people take a lot of joy from the ties and the commitment and the playing-for-other-people that the author talks about. Insofar as you find those things fulfilling, you should do them. But if you do those things without at least part of the reason being that they're fulfilling for you, you'll probably burn out. Which amounts to pretty much exactly what goldsquare said ("...resolve them in ways that make you happy...")