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> Wait, because its concert tickets its less of a violation? yes, exactly that. what's so hard to understand? price gouging on essentials is clearly a worse th

> Wait, because its concert tickets its less of a violation? yes, exactly that. what's so hard to understand? price gouging on essentials is clearly a worse thing to do than price gouging on leisure items.

bogomipz 10y ago
So by your logic it is OK because there are worse things? Do you use that metric in all aspects of your judgement? If so you must be able rationalize a lot of questionable behavior because you can always think of something 'worse" that you "could" be doing instead. What's so hard to understand is that your logic is pretty twisted.
- metaphorm 10y ago
  it's really hard for me to understand why you're talking to me like this, as if I personally did something wrong. forgive me for being relatively unconcerned that sometimes concert tickets cost a lot. my judgment absolutely does take into account the pragmatic concerns regarding harm. some bad things are less bad than other bad things. just like some good things are more good than other good things. do I need to explain that? I'm quite astonished that you're challenging me on that point. murder is worse than stealing chewing gum. yes? price gouging on medicine is worse than price gouging on concert tickets. yes? not every injustice in the world is really worth reacting to with such passion.
  - bogomipz 10y ago
    >"it's really hard for me to understand why you're talking to me like this, as if I personally did something wrong." You want to pass judgement on people and then act all sensitive when someone responds to you? There is nothing disrespectful in anything I wrote. It's called a discussion. >"not every injustice in the world is really worth reacting to with such passion." Again, here is another judgement by you that music is not such an important thing. People are extremely passionate about music and their favorite artists. Music and more specifically a live show is a very emotional experience for fans. There are million of people in the world for whom music and their favorites artists are some of their most treasured things. Just because its not for you does not mean its not for someone else.
    - metaphorm 10y ago
      this isn't a fruitful discussion. have a nice day :)

bogomipz 10y ago

So by your logic it is OK because there are worse things? Do you use that metric in all aspects of your judgement? If so you must be able rationalize a lot of questionable behavior because you can always think of something 'worse" that you "could" be doing instead. What's so hard to understand is that your logic is pretty twisted.

metaphorm 10y ago
it's really hard for me to understand why you're talking to me like this, as if I personally did something wrong. forgive me for being relatively unconcerned that sometimes concert tickets cost a lot. my judgment absolutely does take into account the pragmatic concerns regarding harm. some bad things are less bad than other bad things. just like some good things are more good than other good things. do I need to explain that? I'm quite astonished that you're challenging me on that point. murder is worse than stealing chewing gum. yes? price gouging on medicine is worse than price gouging on concert tickets. yes? not every injustice in the world is really worth reacting to with such passion.
- bogomipz 10y ago
  >"it's really hard for me to understand why you're talking to me like this, as if I personally did something wrong." You want to pass judgement on people and then act all sensitive when someone responds to you? There is nothing disrespectful in anything I wrote. It's called a discussion. >"not every injustice in the world is really worth reacting to with such passion." Again, here is another judgement by you that music is not such an important thing. People are extremely passionate about music and their favorite artists. Music and more specifically a live show is a very emotional experience for fans. There are million of people in the world for whom music and their favorites artists are some of their most treasured things. Just because its not for you does not mean its not for someone else.
  - metaphorm 10y ago
    this isn't a fruitful discussion. have a nice day :)