I would never agree with this statement. Love NEEDS justification and this justification is sacrificing.It always was like that and always will be.
This is how mankind measures love sinse the beginning of creation by God's given rule.
There are many examples especially with Michael Jackson when love of others turned to be very harmful. However, some people think that their love to him was a top of perfection. It is simply not true.
What you think love is in your mind does not mean that it fits the universal rule.
For me is more loving to appreciate what already was given by the artist when he was alive. This is a little sacrificing instead feeding my own ego with new questionable releases.
"This is how mankind measures love"? Well, right now I am part of Mankind myself, thank you very much. As are you. Guess "mankind" measures rather differently. Nor is the measurement of love by "mankind" by any means universal. Universal means a bit more than just mankind.
Yes, he loved so much that it harmed him. Did his love for children require any prerequisite? No, it didn't. His love of children just was and is.
Did it hurt him? You bet. Would his love of children existed nonetheless without the "sacrifice" of being called the scum of the Earth? You bet.
Love is Love is Love is Love.
Love itself does not need to be justified, it becomes the "what was first, egg or chicken debate".
Love loves, the 'needing' part is, well, need.
Love loves and nothing else. Debating the 'consequence of love' is a different matter, but love itself is free, not tied to life, death or circumstance. Dependency, motives, what have you- that's all tied to something.
At least I didn't proclaim myself stating a universal rule, which is kinda risky business- unless you really can speak in more universal terms.
At least say, according to a religion perhaps- but that doesn't make your definition of Love a universal one. Nor does it make mine. Careful when applying the sticker of "universal".
Didn't you say you read Blavatsky? She had a few things to say about sacrifice and the role and function of Ego in Mankind.
I'm the first one to jump on the boat of philosophical dialogue- but if we wanna get philosophical with "universal", I say we need to at least see what's universal and what is hiding behind what here...
If it's just accusation in the name of "don't buy this album", then I'll gladly "sacrifice" the debate.