Five friends are sitting together, enjoying tea. One takes it with milk and sugar, one with just milk, one with just sugar, one with lemon, and one drinks it black. Is any one friend better than the other for her choice? Is the woman who drinks black tea more of a connoisseur than the others? Can you say that the woman who takes it with milk and sugar is not a "real" tea drinker since she masks the taste too much? And what about the lemon tea drinker? What's up with that?
Now, if the woman who takes it with milk really wants sugar but she doesn't use any because she's watching her waistline (and therefore does not enjoy her tea at all), then she experiences internal conflict. That's a whole 'nother story. But, assuming that each woman drinks her tea based on her own personal preferences, I'd say that not one choice is more valid or more important than the other. I can't see the lemon drinker feeling sorry for the milk tea drinker. I can't see the sugar tea drinker or the black tea drinker feeling superior to the milk & sugar tea drinker. Or vice versa.
I guess these women all fundamentally understand that they all enjoy drinking tea.
lol. The premise of this thread belongs in the sandbox with five year olds.
