My answer to that question is no, but let me give a few examples to put this in perspective.
Sometimes when I travel, my smoker friends ask me to buy them cigarettes at the airport because they're cheaper. I always politely refuse. I hate all things related to smoking, always have, always will. Even though the cigarettes aren't for me and they will reimburse me for the purchase, I just can't do it because it makes me feel that I'm encouraging their habit.
Another one: a few years ago my brother loaned money to a friend who asked him for financial help to pay for an abortion that she couldn't afford. Something about the baby being inconvenient for her career at that point in her life. I was absolutely horrified when he told me. He didn't have a problem with it, but had she asked me, there is no way I would have loaned her the money for that purpose. I simply couldn't do that and live with my conscience.
There are many other examples I could you give you, but you get the idea.
I help people as much as I can, but when it comes to my conscience and my personal beliefs I have to draw a line, otherwise I feel like I'm betraying myself.
Sometimes when I travel, my smoker friends ask me to buy them cigarettes at the airport because they're cheaper. I always politely refuse. I hate all things related to smoking, always have, always will. Even though the cigarettes aren't for me and they will reimburse me for the purchase, I just can't do it because it makes me feel that I'm encouraging their habit.
Another one: a few years ago my brother loaned money to a friend who asked him for financial help to pay for an abortion that she couldn't afford. Something about the baby being inconvenient for her career at that point in her life. I was absolutely horrified when he told me. He didn't have a problem with it, but had she asked me, there is no way I would have loaned her the money for that purpose. I simply couldn't do that and live with my conscience.
There are many other examples I could you give you, but you get the idea.
I help people as much as I can, but when it comes to my conscience and my personal beliefs I have to draw a line, otherwise I feel like I'm betraying myself.