Reductio ad absurdum. Your point is all character or none at all. Somewhere in between is probably where we all fall.
Using real mayonnaise, for example. Better yet, natural real mayonnaise. Now that is a mark of character and civilization.
I am in Vegas. The comment was about the fact that a jaywalking ticket here is $200. Or maybe we don't make as many hard choices as we think.
Ever notice that meteors always manage to land in a crater? Some seriously cosmic magnetism going on there.