One thing is clear, if we continue equalling people who want to work less than full time with slackers we'll never get anywhere...

What should be allowed is to work as much as you want and get the pro rata of the full time salary

I'll let people waste their lives in the office and enjoy the world, if I could get the monthly equivalent of a min wage in my country while working one day a week I'd do it, call me a slacker if you want