RE: Argument of first world problems - WRONG!
January 7, 2015 at 1:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2015 at 1:36 pm by bennyboy.)
I think you should provide some context-- what specific argument did someone pull out the "Africa argument" for?
If we were debating the question about how we could make the world a better place, and you started whining because the nearest Starbucks was almost 4 blocks away from your trendy loft apartment, I would in fact tell you to go fuck yourself, and that you should think about starving kids in Africa. In the context of discussing a global ethic, kids should probably be in the equation somewhere.
If, on the other hand, you were complaining that people on AF don't define their terms until page 40 of any given thread, and so you can never get a decent debate off the ground, then I would not say, "Yeah, well my Hemorrhoids are flaring up. Come back when you have real problems." No good, because my hemorrhoids don't really belong in the context of AF debates. . . or DO they?
If we were debating the question about how we could make the world a better place, and you started whining because the nearest Starbucks was almost 4 blocks away from your trendy loft apartment, I would in fact tell you to go fuck yourself, and that you should think about starving kids in Africa. In the context of discussing a global ethic, kids should probably be in the equation somewhere.
If, on the other hand, you were complaining that people on AF don't define their terms until page 40 of any given thread, and so you can never get a decent debate off the ground, then I would not say, "Yeah, well my Hemorrhoids are flaring up. Come back when you have real problems." No good, because my hemorrhoids don't really belong in the context of AF debates. . . or DO they?
