It doesn't really bother me. Yeah, it's high-handed morality, but I totally close my eyes to that and choose not to look at it metaphorically. And literally, it makes sense to me. The gyspsies had a spell to torture someone. As soon as the cursed one no longer feels tortured, the spell is no longer in effect. People say it's a stupid spell, but it makes sense to be that the gypsies didn't have enough power to bind his soul to him permanently, and that it could only be permanent if he earned it.

That's my fanwank ;o)