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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by batista on Thursday March 01, 2012 @02:19PM (#3653565)
Those are "first world problems" of the first order.

The sense of entitlement and the notion of "harm" contained in the above comment is just unbelievable.

How about real bloody issues, like being the only kid in highschool who's parents can't afford medical coverage? Or sending him to college?

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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by ssebro on Thursday March 01, 2012 @02:44PM (#3653682)
"first world problems" do matter. As someone from a third world country, I have a keen sense of how much is conveyed and how much is learned from "silly" tv shows. You may not notice it yourself, but they define a large part of culture. Understanding that culture is extremely important to success in a variety of fields.
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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by yummyfajitas on Thursday March 01, 2012 @08:59PM (#3655022)
"first world problems"...only kid in highschool who's parents can't afford medical coverage? Or sending him to college?

Those are also first world problems.

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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by jonhendry on Thursday March 01, 2012 @09:48PM (#3655118)
Affording medical treatment certainly isn't just a first world problem.
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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by yummyfajitas on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:07AM (#3655572)
Affording US style comprehensive fancy coverage is a first world problem.

The various types of free "low quality" (by US standards) medicine available in the US are far better than what you get in much of the third world.

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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by batista on Friday March 02, 2012 @04:19AM (#3655975)
Not having medical treatment and not having access to education are very real third world problems.

Despite what the media show in their humanitarian segments, the third world is vast, and third world problems are not just of the kind: no access to water, famine and/or civil war.

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