My own sense of it is that the self-indulgence level of these activities keeps them at a sort of pre-adolescent, or even toddler, stage, where the defiant aspects fail to register.
There's more care and attention to curating a sound and aesthetic that marries the two, rather than a surface-level indulgence in the Other.
I'm a staunch socialist, raised singing "The Red Flag", and I cannot believe the level of indulgence of people who don't have to worry".
And in recent months, two restaurants in the meatpacking district have begun taking Saturday brunch to a remarkable level of indulgence and expense, even by New York standards.
You'd have to be very grumpy not to enjoy this chop-socky buddy action comedy, but it does need a certain level of indulgence, even from diehard fans of Jackie Chan.
The acceptable level of indulgence has never been quantified, and the statute of limitations never spelled out, but a lot of adults now seem to feel that drug use, if it went undetected and if it's in the past, constitutes a modern rite of passage rather than grounds for expulsion from normal society.
Of course, this level of indulgence does not come cheaply and the Ritz is one of the most expensive hotels in the world.
None of the Optima's competitors can match that level of self-indulgence, much less the price.
Given the prodigious levels of indulgence, it seems astonishing that the artists were able to perform at the shows with such energy.
There has always been the nagging sense that Van der Vaart, for all the clarity of his vision and cleanness of his left foot, is an anachronism in a game that affords decreasing levels of indulgence for those dedicated solely to the business of creating.
