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		brookst 68 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised What's the term for the fallacy that this problem can be ignored because that problem is so much worse? Sorry, patient, why are we talking about setting your broken arm when you are genetically predisposed to cancer that's going to kill you anyway?

zahlman 68 days ago | [–]

It is the "fallacy of relative privation", for the record.

amelius 68 days ago | [–]

Nobody said the problem could be ignored ...

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