If someone with Tourette's, for example, decides they won't work on that issue and go blithely into social situations with their filters off, to the point of driving people away: that's broken.
If someone utterly destroys their relationships with family, friends, and loved ones by "embracing their multiple personalities" and then blames others for the ensuing fallout: that's broken.
When people are hurt by a repeated behavior and the person who is responsible for that behavior doesn't care: that's broken.
Of course, this is merely my opinion, and not absolute truth, but I always draw the line at whether a behavior hurts other people. Granted, I've been considered "insane" and "irresponsible" for refusing to subordinate my life to fandom, so "broken" or "not broken" (indeed, the concept of sanity itself) is always in the eye of the beholder.
BUT:
To me: what people do consensually without hurting others: that is NEVER "broken".
Which is why, regardless of my own personal choice, I am supportive of polyamory. If folks can make it work, then who am I to be critical of it? :)
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If someone with Tourette's, for example, decides they won't work on that issue and go blithely into social situations with their filters off, to the point of driving people away: that's broken.
If someone utterly destroys their relationships with family, friends, and loved ones by "embracing their multiple personalities" and then blames others for the ensuing fallout: that's broken.
When people are hurt by a repeated behavior and the person who is responsible for that behavior doesn't care: that's broken.
Of course, this is merely my opinion, and not absolute truth, but I always draw the line at whether a behavior hurts other people. Granted, I've been considered "insane" and "irresponsible" for refusing to subordinate my life to fandom, so "broken" or "not broken" (indeed, the concept of sanity itself) is always in the eye of the beholder.
BUT:
To me: what people do consensually without hurting others: that is NEVER "broken".
Which is why, regardless of my own personal choice, I am supportive of polyamory. If folks can make it work, then who am I to be critical of it? :)