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Offline Sandwich

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A Couple of Well Balanced Documentaries on Life Here
on: October 05, 2006, 08:55:07 pm
Ok, so... this girl I know here is dating this guy, Adrian, who's an independant video journalist or something along those lines. Anyway, she sent me the links to a couple of his recent documentaries, and they're quite good. Balanced, professional, and almost video-blog-like - in a good way. Also utterly lacking in the over-processed garbage you get from most major news sources - somewhat akin to United 93 as opposed to a typical Hollywood film.

http://www.current.tv/pods/news/PD04156 - Culture of Martyrdom

http://www.current.tv/network/pods/news/PD04201 - Building the Barrier
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Re: A Couple of Well Balanced Documentaries on Life Here
Reply #1 on: October 05, 2006, 09:14:42 pm
The martyrdom video was pretty damn good. What exactly do your people think of those crazies Sandwhich?

It's been a while since we've given a real discussion along these lines without it degenerating into crappiness. Let's start one.
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Re: A Couple of Well Balanced Documentaries on Life Here
Reply #2 on: October 05, 2006, 09:23:41 pm
I tend to think that, generally speaking, they're brainwashed by the culture. We underestimate what an influence education has on the development of a society. It can make the most horrendous acts seem desirable, or the most caring act seem stupid.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
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