On your terms there are no selfless acts. We all are motivated by something. And that something inevitably attaches to us in some way, benefits us in some way. Mother Theresa gives of herself because it hurts her to see suffering. So she's benefitting herself right? Well, she really is. That's part of what's so great about what she does.
Anyway, as I said above, we all act out of some sort of love. The question is what it is that we love. Staying to honor a promise or to be part of a community sharing in its grief are not hardly bad motives. And the problem with the yahoos is that they blow past the actual "selfish" reasons that Spike has to the silly one like its all to get in Buffy's pants. (And yes, there are people who say that. Though they could well be trolls.)
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Date: 2009-01-26 11:10 pm (UTC)Anyway, as I said above, we all act out of some sort of love. The question is what it is that we love. Staying to honor a promise or to be part of a community sharing in its grief are not hardly bad motives. And the problem with the yahoos is that they blow past the actual "selfish" reasons that Spike has to the silly one like its all to get in Buffy's pants. (And yes, there are people who say that. Though they could well be trolls.)