Many thanks to everyone for all your comments. There is definitely a lot to think about. I can't deny that my suspicions about the potential for hypocrisy on a course such as this one haven't totally gone away yet, but I suppose at the end of the day all things are tools and what is most important is how you actually choose to use a tool and also to what actual purpose you choose to use it. AFL is still prohibitively expensive for me at this time, however. Who knows what decisions or possibilities the future may hold though?
Thanks again for all your thoughts.
best wishes
Ingrid