yes or no : ARE PROBLEMS AND SUFFERING ALL RELATIVE? [+] ballot by patch22us ACTIVE Mon Apr 14, 08 - Thu Apr 24, 08 In another ballot, the ballot maker posed the question asking if Americans are bitter. Her ballot asks relevant and legitimate questions and points out some very real problems in the United States that we are all aware of. I responded that I am "Happy," and made a comment that basically addressed the fact that in the universal sense, Americans, Canadians, Australians, Europeans, etc., live relatively good lives. My comment was in no means trying to dismiss or lessen what the ballot maker pointed out, it was simply that in response to her question, I replied that I was content and that for me, the problems billions of people around the world face, make ours in the Western world seem almost inconsequential. Anyway, my comment was called into question and I think it was due to misunderstanding my point. We all know that there are problems in this country and in fact, in all nations. They are discussed constantly. But in reality, can we collectively say that our problems are at all as severe as those experienced by so many people, such as: People starving to death every second of the day, people living under brutal and very harsh conditions where they are tortured and killed for thier religious and political views, people who live with no water, no sewage and who live in shacks, people who live in war ravaged environments, like Dafur. I'm starting to see that when you look around and learn about what billions of people endure daily, in what is passing as "life," people in the First world really should be more thankful and more grateful for what we have. Do you agree, or do you feel that we should complain and obsess about our "problems" so much? We should worry more about our "problems" We should focus more on helping all the suffering people in the world Ballot #125760 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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