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What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago by kzhe to c/[email protected]

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I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is classic whataboutism. You should try to avoid it because it's an incredibly poor defense if nothing else.

I've been bitching about the PATRIOT Act since less than a week after 9/11 happened. The Act's continued existence doesn't excuse China's well-documented bad behavior.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you spent any time reading the articles, you would see Australian sources for incidents dating back to 2012, Lithuanians reporting in 2018, and various private security companies also weighing in.

If the only defence you have for bad behavior is that other people do it, then I guess slavery, mass murder, torture, and theft are all okay. I don't accept when people do those things, and not because I haven't done them but because I believe they are damaging to society no matter who does them. That applies to various acts on the national level, as well.