The fallacy of relative privation is one of my favourite fallacy names. I don't know what the troops at Normandy were complaining about, it's not like they were literally on fire. Except the ones that were napalmed I guess but then it's not like they were on fire and covered in angry hornets.
There are three forms of suffering. One kind is imposed on you by others. One is self-imposed (the private hell we allow). And one is "shit happens." And if you think hard enough about it, you'll see that the second and third kinds are indirectly descended from the hands of first kind.
The fallacy of relative privation is one of my favourite fallacy names. I don't know what the troops at Normandy were complaining about, it's not like they were literally on fire. Except the ones that were napalmed I guess but then it's not like they were on fire and covered in angry hornets.
They may have been hit with napalm, but at least they weren't stabbed with a bayonet. The troops in the American Revolution had it way worse!
Memento Mori Amsterdam.
There are three forms of suffering. One kind is imposed on you by others. One is self-imposed (the private hell we allow). And one is "shit happens." And if you think hard enough about it, you'll see that the second and third kinds are indirectly descended from the hands of first kind.
Exactly!