<i>To me it seems obscene for an individual to own a 300ft yacht.</i><p>Well, OK, you&#x27;re obviously entitled to your own opinion and principles. But where then do you draw the line between what is obscene and what is not?<p>If you&#x27;ve ever travelled to a foreign country on holiday, you&#x27;ve enjoyed more luxury in those few days than many people in the world ever will, and you might have spent more money on your holiday than it would take to build a well in Africa and save a whole village from multiple hours of walking every day just to access potable water.<p>If you&#x27;ve ever had major medical support paid for by some form of insurance or national healthcare provider, you&#x27;ve probably enjoyed better treatment than is accessible to most people in developing economies today.<p>If you&#x27;ve ever had a $5 drink in a coffee shop, the money you spent on that could have bought an entire meal for a homeless person in your own city who is going hungry instead.<p>There is always someone richer and always someone poorer. What we regard as obscene, in either direction, often seems to be more a subjective product of our own background and position on the scale than any objective measure.