Well, once again I find myself posting from the outside ...

In reference to this livejournal entry ...

I understand my comments may not be tremendously welcome, so I'll be brief and won't comment again on this thread, nor likely any others of his in the near future.

Setting aside the subject of drugs, I want to applaud his new-found flexibility. I think it's something I tried in the least effective possible way to show him for the longest time.

I also know his entry wasn't directed in any wise toward me. But what he wrote has great applicability to many of the discussions, arguments, fights, etc., we've had over the years, and they're words I've waited a long time to hear him say.

Compromising in one's dealings with other people doesn't necessarily equate with abandoning one's principles.