Quote from OPTIONAL777:
Very well, since you asked: First you said sophisticated and cultured gentlemen and ladies would never drink a beverage from a can, even in an emergency situation.
Provide a link to exact quote you are making claim to.
Later you said the truly sophisticated would retain their status if they were to lower themselves and drink a beverage from a can.
Yes, they retain their status even if they have to slum it for some reason...
The contradiction is that you say they would never do such a thing (drink from a can), and later state that if they were to do so (slumming it, you said), they would still retain their high status.
No contradiction. Most folks say "I would never do ________, which means they would never want to do _______, but an emergency unique situation might force them temporarily to act against their will or better judgment.
Now, do you really want me to start giving hypothetical situations where people are forced to make a choice between deeply conflicting acts?
Therefore, the issue of their retaining their status is moot as they would never lower themselves to drink from a can to begin with, right?
Retaining their status is not moot at all, it is reality of their status to be above sullying because of some unique situation that requires slumming it...