I find this a fascinating article. Well-argued, witty, intriguing... but wrong. These folks decide there is no bottom line. A world without universal morals or material truths? Maybe toothache doesn't hurt in some social contexts. More likely someone has been told to stop complaining or they'll be given something that will REALLY give them something to complain about. But being oppressive is OK, as it's all relative.
Edwards, D., Ashmore, M. and Potter, J., (1995). Death and furniture: The rhetoric, politics and theology of bottom line arguments against relativism, History of the Human Sciences, 8, 25-49.
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