He merely asks why the city has to be filthier than it should be. Why do you defend filth and danger?
There could be any number of solutions to the problem, but your primary concern is to attack the messenger for noticing.
Unless there is further info I'm not aware of, your character judgement here is unwarranted. That he got "a certain distance..." is the part that bugs me.
There have been so many articles speculating on the true value of Facebook shares. The truth of the matter is that the market sets the value - and it's just adjusting Facebook's, and other people's expectations at the moment. $13.80 is pretty good value for a share - it gives plenty of space for bumps upwards in the market (key sales, acquisitions and appointments).
The only way to go after an IPO like Facebook's is down. Look at the way the UK market contracted after Lastminute.com's IPO. These are more mature digital times, but there are still lessons to be taken from it.
