[chezlaw]

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I think it is immoral that 99% of all people pretend that starving children means more to them than a lost wedding ring, when from all my observations of people this clearly isn't true.

And note that I'm not judging those who care more about their wedding ring, I'm being judgemental towards so many people having obvious double standards.

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I'd like to see some serious responses to this, because what tame_deuces suggests is undeniably right.

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I deny its right, at least its a massive exaggeration. Most people would swap something like a wedding ring for an end to world hunger, hence they care more about world hunger than wedding rings. Also many people give far more towards good causes over their lifetime then they spend on wedding rings.

and most people don't pretend they would give up all their wealth to help the starving. Most people who claim to care about the starving etc will admit they only care enough to give up a proportion of what they have. So no double standard. (also a good thing imo as it would be a disaster otherwise)

chez

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Just because they'd give up their wedding ring to "end world hunger" when its put to them in those stark terms doesn't mean that their actions indicate far different priorities. Many people would say a lot of things, and many people would act in a certain way when put under the spotlight, but its their actions when no one is looking that reveal true priorities, IMO.

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True, I think many who could exchange a wedding ring to end world hunger would do so even if no-one ever found out they did it.

chez

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How about just end hunger for 5 guys, which is all that was ever claimed? The "end world hunger" thing is a bit of goalpost-moving.

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I responded to that - always giving up a non-essential to help a few guys is the same as giving up all non-essentials. Few would claim they care enough to give up that much so there's no double standard.

Many claim to care enough to give up some of their non-essentials and that's exactly what they do.

chez