I down voted you, allow me to explain why. I personally find this style of "at least its not as bad as somewhere else" argument really infuriating. Because it a

I down voted you, allow me to explain why. I personally find this style of "at least its not as bad as somewhere else" argument really infuriating. Because it attempts to shift the argument from "How can we do better? to "Be thankful its not worse!" Its defeatist at best, and actively promotes/degrades the status quo at worst. You aren't making an insightful or interesting post by doing this, you are simply being dismissive and shutting down discussion.