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Originally Posted by Igzy
Lee resented people pointing out his "bones and feathers" but liberally commented on the "bones and feathers" of everyone else. I remember him commenting judgmentally on a Christian teacher he met with one time who smoked a pipe. His point was the man could not possibly have any clarity because he smoked a pipe, and that this was another reason those in the "Recovery" were so much better that those outside of it.
Please tell that to C.S. Lewis.
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I have great respect for C.S. Lewis, and I always have. That is despite what I know about his lifestyle. The thing is, as far as I am aware, his lifestyle wasn't something that interfered with what he was doing. From a public perspective, his smoking and pub visits were completely benign. I can't say that I've run into many people who have expressed much criticism towards C.S. Lewis. Maybe a LCer or two has rolled their eyes, but that's about it.
Lee on the other hand, had the tendency to make his personal problems into everyone's problems. He didn't smoke, drink or play mahjong. But his itch for business ventures, family entanglements, authoritarian ways, etc, all had a profound effect on everyone. So much of Lee's "bones and feathers" were not just things that could be ignored. I by no means think that every little defect in someone is worth making an issue out of, but there is a reasonable line that can be drawn as to what's acceptable and what's not.
So why did Lee get the free pass to nitpick and point out others faults, but his own highly visible faults that severely affected others were off limits? What a hypocrite he was!