@AskTheDevil perhaps, but many things have to be taken into consideration such as the person's moral character and their relationship to others.

I personally take such statements to be about preference, lifestyle, and taste as opposed to morals and ethics.

@BigMikey I approve of that message!
"We must not let what they think control what we think of others", is the intended gist.

But I am, after all, me, so I must look for the other side of things.