Do you think it's incorrect to call the aforementioned drug addict pathetic? Because "there are people who are even more pathetic and miserable"?
Shouldn't we call a single mother working multiple jobs for meager wages to feed her children, who wear rags, poor, because there are homeless people who are even poorer?
Excellent position. You could even defend it in a debate before an election, giving voters the illusion of utopia.