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ah yeah good ol' "but Africa" reasoning. You can apply that logic to almost everything. Sorry but why don't you return your freshly bought iPhone and donate the

by zyb09 16y ago

ah yeah good ol' "but Africa" reasoning. You can apply that logic to almost everything. Sorry but why don't you return your freshly bought iPhone and donate the money to charity's? And do you really need a car, can't you ride your bike? Do we really need Reddit if we could buy food in Africa instead? Maybe that's a little harsh, but we spend money EVERY friggn day on things that could be invested in Africas problems. Making this point leads to nowhere and Africa's problems are far more complex anyway. There's defiantly nothing wrong in donating a few bucks to Reddit. (also pacifism is neither extreme nor wrong)

JoeAltmaier 16y ago
...and the lamest thing is, it wasn't your last $5, right? So why aren't you sending money to Africa anyway?
nir 16y ago
>(also pacifism is neither extreme nor wrong) You know, maybe the most militant thing most Redditors ever do is posting commenting online. If you're a pacifist (which is commendable imho) why write so aggressively?
davidw 16y ago
No. There's a difference: I believe very strongly in paying for goods or services received. I don't believe, however, in corporate charity, which is kind of what this is right now. They don't even turn off the advertisements, which is (ought to be?) about the easiest thing in the world to do for someone paying for "premium service". If they offered a real premium service, I wouldn't make that argument. For instance, no one, least of all myself, complains about lwn.net being a for-pay service, despite their primary market being a bunch of open source guys. Also, I don't have an iPhone, and do ride my bike a lot, thanks: no need for the hostility.
spokey 16y ago
> (also pacifism is neither extreme nor wrong) I think there was a little miscommunication there. DavidW wrote > [My daughter] doesn't have such extremist political views ("pacifiers for all!" is probably the most controversial). I'm pretty sure he was talking about one of those false nipple things that you stick into a baby's mouth in order to soothe it, e.g.: http://www.google.com/images?q=pacifier http://www.google.com/images?q=pacifier I think I've heard this called a "dummy" in UK-English, and I often hear them referred to by various brand names. I don't think DavidW was trying to make a political comment, he was just making a little joke about his infant daughter, or at least I assume so.
Psyonic 16y ago
His daughter's view is "pacifiers for all!" http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=pacifiers&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=pa... He didn't even mention pacifism.

by zyb09 16y ago

JoeAltmaier 16y ago

...and the lamest thing is, it wasn't your last $5, right? So why aren't you sending money to Africa anyway?

nir 16y ago

>(also pacifism is neither extreme nor wrong) You know, maybe the most militant thing most Redditors ever do is posting commenting online. If you're a pacifist (which is commendable imho) why write so aggressively?

davidw 16y ago

No. There's a difference: I believe very strongly in paying for goods or services received. I don't believe, however, in corporate charity, which is kind of what this is right now. They don't even turn off the advertisements, which is (ought to be?) about the easiest thing in the world to do for someone paying for "premium service". If they offered a real premium service, I wouldn't make that argument. For instance, no one, least of all myself, complains about lwn.net being a for-pay service, despite their primary market being a bunch of open source guys. Also, I don't have an iPhone, and do ride my bike a lot, thanks: no need for the hostility.

spokey 16y ago

> (also pacifism is neither extreme nor wrong) I think there was a little miscommunication there. DavidW wrote > [My daughter] doesn't have such extremist political views ("pacifiers for all!" is probably the most controversial). I'm pretty sure he was talking about one of those false nipple things that you stick into a baby's mouth in order to soothe it, e.g.: http://www.google.com/images?q=pacifier http://www.google.com/images?q=pacifier I think I've heard this called a "dummy" in UK-English, and I often hear them referred to by various brand names. I don't think DavidW was trying to make a political comment, he was just making a little joke about his infant daughter, or at least I assume so.

Psyonic 16y ago

His daughter's view is "pacifiers for all!" http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=pacifiers&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=pa... He didn't even mention pacifism.