Using external utility functions inside a CFC

I tend to write my code in cfscript whenever possible, but because not all tags are available within cfscript, I often have to write wrapper functions for them. I also have a bunch of miscellaneous, non-application-specific utility functions that I use quite a bit.

My ideal CFC is one that is completely stand-alone. Totally encapsulated. Something I could post here that would work for any other ColdFusion programmer without any fuss. However, if I want to use my wrapper functions and/or utility functions inside them, I lose the "stand-alone-ness" of it, because all of a sudden it is dependent on these external utility functions -- functions which, in my opinion, should be part of ColdFusion itself. I could define them in the cfc itself, but I don't want ten to twenty different versions of the same functions floating around in my application. Another option: I could require that they be passed in during the init() method, but there you go again -- it's not standalone.

So, my question is, how important is encapsulation to you? Do you think the benefit is so great that you would even avoid using simple wrapper functions and utility functions inside cfc's, or are you willing to strap on a few "dependencies" in order to write cleaner, easier code inside them?