One of my relatives is a lawyer. Once his housemaid started having serious problems with her husband. They were on the brink of divorce. This relative of mine being a lawyer was requested by the housemaid to help mediate and calm the situation down. He got involved. In the process that took weeks, he started getting intimate with the housemaid. After that point, he realised that for as long as the housemaid remained separate from her husband and continued to have problems, he would have the opportunity to enjoy time with her. And that is exactly what he did. Shame on him.

However, that is exactly what happens when any involvement in any type of situation is redirected from a noble cause and stated intentions to achieving power and control over the situation and turned into one that is profitable for the one that holds the power.

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