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Originally Posted by Mord
Perspective.
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That reminds me of one of my least favorite quotes, "I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet." Aside from the fact that it's condescending to assume that someone with a physical disability is necessarily worse off than someone who can't even afford shoes, and that both problems are wildly different, it's silly to think that someone's worse problem makes your problem not suck. A woman from Rwanda who was raped and had her tits cut off is not going to make a woman who was "just" slipped a roofie at a bar feel any better while doing a rape kit.
It's also a convenient excuse to ignore the problems of others when you simply don't want to be bothered.