When people say things really ought to be a certain way, at what point is it love for the human condition, and at what point is it arrogance?
Example 1: You have zero ability to tolerate alcohol. Your pal, who can tolerate alcohol, is having a wonderful (by all objective measures) glass of wine and insists you take a few sips. Either your pal is enjoying the experience and wants to share it with you so that you can experience what they're experiencing, or your pal is a wine snob and wants you to agree with him/her. Even though you'd probably get sick doing so.
Example 2: You are Hindu. Your pal, who is not Hindu, is enjoying a fantastic hamburger and wants you to have a bite. Same choices as #1, except for the wine snob part--this pal eats a lot of hamburgers. Even though it would violate all your principles to do so.
Example 3: You are from a non-democratic country. Your pal, who is from a democratic country, thinks your country really needs to be more democratic. You think your country really needs better infrastructure more than democracy at the moment. Either your pal loves his/her country so much he/she would like you to exactly have the same experience, or he/she is arrogant and thinks democracy is the only way the world should be run. Disregarding the fact that you're really proud of your own country.
Which is it?
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