Originally Posted by willravel

Let's use another analogy then.

I sell cell phones (something that can be very benificial to our modern society). My family makes a lot of money off cell phones. I deal with engineers and designers who fudge numbers and cut corners to make it seem like using your cell phone too much doesn't increase the risk of cancer (there is no definitive answer to the question of whether cell phones cause cancer or not, but this is for the sake of the analogy). Over the years, it is proven that cell phones can be dangerous, but more imporantly, some peope knew they were dangerous and hid it. I get famous and (obviously in order to distance myself and my past from the cell phones and thus the bad people) tell people that cell phones are bad. Am I a flip flopper?

Of course.

I am an oil dealer. My family makes a lot of money off oil. I deal with bad some people to get this oil. Turns out these bad people hurt others. I get famous and (obviously in order to distance myself and my past from the oil and thus the bad people) tell people that oil are bad. Am I a hypocrite?