Pleases no one? There is no compromise with the devil either. Never compromise, never give in, it is like being a little bit pregnant. Once one compromises on a core principle they become the message in the old joke which goes something like this: will you go to bed with me for a million dollars. Yes. OK, now that we have identified what your are, let’s negotiate the price.
Churchill.........
the Boy Scouts problem was their reliance on big-corporate money to fund nice offices and high salaries at their world HQ
They learned that whoever pays the bills eventually will call the tune.