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| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Yes I suppose it is much better that we allow hundreds of thousands of people to suffer not just today but forever rather then us feeling guilty for their demise. The problem here is that people pity these persons. Because we pity them we want to make alieviate their suffering. Unfortunately we are not willing to make the sacrafices necessary to actually solve their problems so instead we make token gestures that while serving to lessen the severity of their suffering also serves to prolong their suffering. We do this under the misguided believe that all life is good and is worth living, well, I for one would rather be dead then live with the agonizing pain of constant hunger and the torment of endless cycles of disease. |
because we pity them and feel something should be done, this puts pressure on governments and the larger and more influential organizations of the world to help these people - and they do.
Pity, sorrow, outrage at the injustices of the world are not entirely useless.
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