I just don't see the big deal because really people die get used to it I have never worried about the less fortunate and I never will I have my own problems to think of like paying my rent, my cable, my electricity etc. it's not my problem they don't have those things over in less fortunate countries it's just the way it is.
There's Starving People in Africa...
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There are tens of thousands of people starving in New York.
Everywhere people suffer... Its just not everyone gets an Oxfam commercial showing pictures of near death children sitting on the lap of some celebrity who was semi popular 10 years ago.
Everywhere people suffer... Its just not everyone gets an Oxfam commercial showing pictures of near death children sitting on the lap of some celebrity who was semi popular 10 years ago.
I can understand it from parents (it's one of the classic "eat your greens" kinda arguments), but I HATE it when I get it from random people. like if you complain about something, like, "aw, X didn't come in the mail today... that SUCKS..." or "man, I got so much homework... worst day EVER...", and then some asshat rides in on his high-as-a-kite horse and tosses the ol' "you KNOW, there's people DYING of DISEASE and FAMINE right now, you shouldn't be bitching about your commercial CRAP."
oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that there were ANY unhappy people on the world. honestly, I thought I was the only one. allow me to never EVER dislike something EVER again, because someone in the world has it worse than me. how frigging ignorant of me...
oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that there were ANY unhappy people on the world. honestly, I thought I was the only one. allow me to never EVER dislike something EVER again, because someone in the world has it worse than me. how frigging ignorant of me...
We talked about this kind of thing in my ethics class last term.
It basically boils down to this:
If you can do something for someone else that will benefit them, at low cost to yourself, then you should do it. If the cost is too high for yourself or it is not realistic for you to help them, then you should not do it.
The example that my prof used, was a child is drowning in a pool of water, and you walk by.
You can walk into the pool, save the child's life, and the only cost to yourself, is your shoes get wet, and your pants get a little wet.
In this example, you should save this child's life, because the cost to yourself is very small compared to your shoes and pants getting a little wet.
So, if I could guarantee my would benefit a child in Africa, then I would be happy to give that kid my , because it is not a big deal.
But I can't guarantee that it will.
The money can go to the aid organization, a militant group in the area, the government, etc.
So, we are all morally responsible for the starving kids in Africa, but I don't exactly have that much money to begin with.
Ethics aside, it usually comes down to "Do I want to take the time and effort to send money to a kid in Africa, or buy some cookies? Mmmmm... cookies"
It basically boils down to this:
If you can do something for someone else that will benefit them, at low cost to yourself, then you should do it. If the cost is too high for yourself or it is not realistic for you to help them, then you should not do it.
The example that my prof used, was a child is drowning in a pool of water, and you walk by.
You can walk into the pool, save the child's life, and the only cost to yourself, is your shoes get wet, and your pants get a little wet.
In this example, you should save this child's life, because the cost to yourself is very small compared to your shoes and pants getting a little wet.
So, if I could guarantee my would benefit a child in Africa, then I would be happy to give that kid my , because it is not a big deal.
But I can't guarantee that it will.
The money can go to the aid organization, a militant group in the area, the government, etc.
So, we are all morally responsible for the starving kids in Africa, but I don't exactly have that much money to begin with.
Ethics aside, it usually comes down to "Do I want to take the time and effort to send money to a kid in Africa, or buy some cookies? Mmmmm... cookies"
I only give donations to Doctors Without Borders, giving money to the other orginisations just fuels corruption and wars, only about 5% ever actually gets the destination where it was supposed to go.
Option A. If you feel you are entitled to a "right" to complain, I suppose you could file that under free speech. But I'd see it as a tremendous waste of a right that people fought and died for us to...Belated said:
Dammit, I just lost you, didn't I?
I'm confused by the "you just severed my finger" and "sex offense" lines. If your big brother has cut off your finger and you don't have insurance, please understand that there are charity hospitals here (Incidentally, there are ONLY charity hospitals in africa, and most are open-air. But you're not in africa, so you won't have nearly the risk of contracting MRSA, which is as lifelong and sexually communicable as Herpes). And public indecency is not a sex offense, and I would take the position that your neighbors have the right to NOT see your pecker just because you want to pretend you're pissing in Africa.
I am truly sorry that your parents make you eat until you vomit. You may want to call Child Protective Services on them. Too much vomiting and you may do permanent damage to the lining of your upper GI tract.
I believe you said, "...he's not here right now, is he?" (No, because he just died of AIDS/starved to death/was shot in the head by the Junta/was murdered for the diamonds your mother wears around her neck). "Just because some people have it worse" (meaning dead) "doesn't mean I don't have the right to complain." (Recall the Declaration of Independence, all men being endowed with Life, Liberty, and the right to piss and moan until one has no friends left). "Are we all a bunch of rich jerks unaware of how well we have it?" (I don't know, do you own a cell phone? Have you ever wondered how you were going to get to school / work once they repo'd your car?) The answer is, yes. Absolutely.
1. Computers for the general public...I'd agreeGeneric Gamer said:
2. Sports Equipment. Again, assuming they aren't sophisticated enough to "get" PS3, what are they gonna do when they're bored? Play soccer, or start doing smalltime stuff for the local warlord? And it's not like soccer balls and baseball bats are expensive. But once they go pro, juicing is gonna prove costly, so I see your point
3. No, they certainly don't need education at all! When we give them birth control, they can keep on wearing it around their necks like mystic charms. See also 2. Perhaps, as happens in absolutely every other community on earth, where there is better, more sophisticated education, there will be less crime?
4. Yes, let them live like barbarians. I'm sure the children enjoy coming home with cracked, bleeding feet. Tell you what: YOU give up shoes for the rest of your life and I'll cede your point.
And no one's complaining that you're not helping. Most people are either too useless to help or can't really do much at the present because they're barely keeping their own crap together as the global economy takes a nosedive. Try being a little more compassionate, not all of us think they're all cavemen over there.
America wastes way too *** damn much food. That much is clear and needs to be changed. But yeah, when people try to get you to act how they want by shoving something about starving people down your throat, that's obnoxious and retarded.
I hate that argument.
I always counter it by asking the person who said it what they're doing about Africa.
I always counter it by asking the person who said it what they're doing about Africa.
Okay, so I laughed at this comment and am probably going to use this now.Corwynt said:
...Teehee.