I concur by voting for this video though this fellow regularly abuses his internet status of alternative news source with the kind of lazy-minded titillation reserved for tabloids and entertainment news segments.
Wall Street should be burned to the ground in effigy for future generations.

>> ^taranimator:

Thank you for posting this -- this renewed my positive energy about .. renewable energy.
I sincerely hope we are the laughing stock of our grandchildren's generation ..
"So... Grandma... tell us about how they blew up all the mountains in Virginia, dropped nuclear waste onto the ocean floor, and flooded entire valleys .. so you could turn on the lights, tee hee .. "

Pft. We're more likely to be a laughing stock of future generations because the previous generations insane response to nuclear power generation, that effectively set back fusion power by 50 years.

@GeeSussFreeK

I agree that it is a move in the right direction. It is a very important step to assist in harm reduction for citizens; however, it completely fails in some areas.

One area of harm reduction that it completely misses is the lack of quality control. Unless you do independent analysis of what you are buying (assuming you have some lab equipment, knowledge, time, and desire), you have no way of knowing the purity of the illegal(or decriminalized) substance is being bought. This is bad in two ways: (1) the can be cut with harmful (varying degrees) substances to increase overall profit and (2) this can greatly affect the strength of the substance - which leads to accidental overdoses.

The second area of fail for decriminalization is that it doesn't affect the criminal supply structure at all. It doesn't remove the drug dealers off the street and doesn't stop any money from being channeled back to the drug cartels.

The above two points (and I'm sure some other ones) are why you will find some people who strongly oppose decriminalization as a midstep towards full legalization and control. I think that some feel that decriminalization wouldn't be good enough or that it would be a false midstep (i.e. offered up to placate the people and kill the momentum for full legalization.)

Again, decriminalization is fantastic for helping those that are addicts. The government did a big study on veterans come back from Vietnam because a large percentage of them did various/multiple drugs while there because it was so stressful. They found that after a year of being home, less than half still used drugs. It was either 3 or 5 years later, a small percentage used recreationally and 1-3 percent still used them very frequently. I've read several studies on this phenomenon and it holds out that 1-3 percent of people that try a substance become an addict (varying degrees.) Most people just need a perceptual change if they start abandoning their responsibilities because of *insert object of obsession here* (i.e. kick in the pants.) Personally, I ran into this with NHL 2010 for the PS3. Seriously how much more fun can it get? But I started missing homework, missing deadlines from my personal projects, etc. I realized this and actually sold my TV and PS3 to some coworkers to get it out of my place. However because of brain chemistry or personality traits, addicts need professional help. Decriminalization can free a person from the criminal burden when seeking help for substance addiction. (Small side note to pre-address expected thoughts in some people's heads: most addicts get caught doing illegal things like breaking into houses, etc... The point is that most addicts get into this position to feed and because of their addiction. I'm not advocating ignoring the responsibility for those actions, but most reactions focus on dealing punishment instead of treating the root cause.) Over time, decriminalization can also help with removing the social stigmatization of seeking help for addiction. But to be honest, legalizing would be better at that.

I don't see decriminalization as very likely across the US. Fear is the daily diet here and drugs make great PR material for fear. Also there is a great deal of money and the government fighting it. Most government bodies get extra money in their budget to fight the "war on drugs" and don't want to give up that money. Lobbying efforts will mainly be against it: by pharma (why pay for something when you can just grow something that addresses your specific need?) and prisons (US's new slavery system - See how they learned! Now with less visibility and a few whites too! ^{I kid, I kid}) In this regard, I hope that California will take the lead in showing the nation that the world won't come crashing down when this happens. It will eventually as the older people die off. That sounds callous, but it reminds me of scientific advances. Typically a generation can only go so far because of the mental knowledge base that they grew up with. Future generations grew up build their knowledge foundation on the mid- to end-work of the previous generations and are able to look at it differently and advance it.

Well, that seems to be a subject that can make me type... I need to go some work done.

>> ^NetRunner:
>> ^Lawdeedaw:
It is a physchological effect of human nature, not a evil of process... But unlike most base people, I would do something, only because life has crafted me in such a manner.

I'd point out that "human nature" and "evil process" are by no means mutually exclusive.
It's human nature to behave this way. That doesn't resolve the ethical problems with behaving this way.


Just like killing animals to eat meat in an era that we do not have to eat flesh to sustain ourselves? Chopping up, after housing beasts of burden in brutal conditions, is probably sick... And evil...

Or college girls who are hurtful, psychologically damaging so, to guys. Those that burn men off to decency.

Or people with genetic disabilities breeding for that matter---how dare they pass on their genes not only to their children, but to future generations. That takes a sick person.

we could go on and on---but without wrongs, there would be no rights. Without villians, no heroes. Without death, no life.

tags are one of the essence of vs. lazy or in denial of siftbots services, its a benefit to the future generation to GIVE A SHIT about tags. ever wonder why dupes are ...ARE ???

I love your colour kymbos and I wish to lather you all over my onion fields.

>> ^kymbos:

Jesus, BR - you and your tags vendetta.


well honestly its a simple formula.

KEY WORDS,DESCRIPTIVE WORDS. not two syllable bullshit with absolutely no thought behind it, tags are something you have to think about for the future, future generation, IF you put horrendous tags, such as calvados has, then the future generation are likely to create dupes, all because ass hats do not take the required 2 minutes of their oh so special time to think and check off applicable categories. Personally I think its sad someone who has years of membership..shits out on tags and a person who is a year into tenure "has" to remind them....

its more or less a requirement to be in videosift, to make proper tags. so many people are lazy as all hell.. ( and blame siftbot or the search function) for their reluctance to provide proper tags

I love civil disobedience, and Flynt was one of the best at it. Today being locked up for publishing an indecent magazine may seem crazy, but at one point this sort of tyrannical statism sounded commonplace. In forty years future generations will think our society was barbaric, too.

You're right, about pretty much everything you said, but there's no better or worse here, there's a person and his willingness to make "his world" better. Will I receive less support when I need it most if I turn my back on most people in my community, of course, that is unfortunately not reason enough for me to not do so seeing as I hate my community. I can be a "better" person, I can say hi to my neighbors, I can help people out, I can do lots of shit, I just don't want to in most cases. It's not some fierce ideology, it's just me as a person reacting to how I feel about my fellow man (which is usually disgust). Don't get me wrong, I don't go out of my way to fuck people over, and I'm not an asshole generally, but I will go out of my way to remain passive, just the thought of associating myself with other people in some common goal makes me sick. Human kind is a mass of retarded flesh from which occasionally there gets spewed a decent chunk, a free thinker, someone I can respect. Ignoring everyone but those few can be considered childish, but in my eyes it's not an option, it's either that or to be constantly consumed by rage and frustration, the world of tomorrow doesn't really enter the equation...

In reply to this comment by SDGundamX:
Your "world," like mine, is probably composed of friends and relatives. That is what I meant by "world," your personal world. And yes, the "world" (your friends and family) will come and help you when you're in a pinch if you've taken the time to carefully forge those connections (and they won't if you haven't). And in fact the greater world at large may come and help you too--but certainly not if you've been turning your back on it and free-riding the whole time.

I'm not asking you to fix society. I'm simply telling you if you want to live in a better "world" (in the personal sense), you can start making changes right where you are. You could say "hi" to your neighbors and get to know them better. You could help clean up trash in your neighborhood. Basically, you can improve your "local" world. Do something. Do anything. Get other people to do something with you (friends or family). And encourage them to get others to do something. Like I said, doesn't have to be huge or take a lot of time. The thing is, it's those collections of individual choices on a grand scale that shape our society. By improving your local "world" you in fact help improve the world at large as well.

As an aside, there's nothing wrong with being egocentric. That was the whole point of my post. If you truly are egocentric you'll realize your happiness in fact rests a great deal on the stability and happiness of the community in which you reside. It's in your best interest to make sure things don't go down the shitter. And (you'll just have to take my word for this) it actually turns out to be a lot more fun than whatever it was you were doing by yourself.

In reply to this comment by NinjaInHeat:
SDGundamX: The "world" doesn't back you up when you're in a pinch. And yes, individual actions do matter, and the world won't become a better place if people sit around and do nothing. I guess all I have to say is that
a: lucky thing the entire world isn't like myself
b: if you're willing to spend time and energy towards making this world a better place to live in (mostly for future generations as actual change takes bucketloads of time), good for you, I'm not, again, I have more egocentric things on my mind, and I lack the will to try and fix a society I feel completely alienated from.

Your "world," like mine, is probably composed of friends and relatives. That is what I meant by "world," your personal world. And yes, the "world" (your friends and family) will come and help you when you're in a pinch if you've taken the time to carefully forge those connections (and they won't if you haven't). And in fact the greater world at large may come and help you too--but certainly not if you've been turning your back on it and free-riding the whole time.

I'm not asking you to fix society. I'm simply telling you if you want to live in a better "world" (in the personal sense), you can start making changes right where you are. You could say "hi" to your neighbors and get to know them better. You could help clean up trash in your neighborhood. Basically, you can improve your "local" world. Do something. Do anything. Get other people to do something with you (friends or family). And encourage them to get others to do something. Like I said, doesn't have to be huge or take a lot of time. The thing is, it's those collections of individual choices on a grand scale that shape our society. By improving your local "world" you in fact help improve the world at large as well.

As an aside, there's nothing wrong with being egocentric. That was the whole point of my post. If you truly are egocentric you'll realize your happiness in fact rests a great deal on the stability and happiness of the community in which you reside. It's in your best interest to make sure things don't go down the shitter. And (you'll just have to take my word for this) it actually turns out to be a lot more fun than whatever it was you were doing by yourself.

In reply to this comment by NinjaInHeat:
SDGundamX: The "world" doesn't back you up when you're in a pinch. And yes, individual actions do matter, and the world won't become a better place if people sit around and do nothing. I guess all I have to say is that
a: lucky thing the entire world isn't like myself
b: if you're willing to spend time and energy towards making this world a better place to live in (mostly for future generations as actual change takes bucketloads of time), good for you, I'm not, again, I have more egocentric things on my mind, and I lack the will to try and fix a society I feel completely alienated from.

>> ^rottenseed:

If civilization came to an end, I'd want the future generations to find these pieces as a representation of who we were. Not that it's an accurate representation, but it represents the better part of us.


This and goatse.

If civilization came to an end, I'd want the future generations to find these pieces as a representation of who we were. Not that it's an accurate representation, but it represents the better part of us.

SDGundamX: The "world" doesn't back you up when you're in a pinch. And yes, individual actions do matter, and the world won't become a better place if people sit around and do nothing. I guess all I have to say is that
a: lucky thing the entire world isn't like myself
b: if you're willing to spend time and energy towards making this world a better place to live in (mostly for future generations as actual change takes bucketloads of time), good for you, I'm not, again, I have more egocentric things on my mind, and I lack the will to try and fix a society I feel completely alienated from.

Racist New Hampshire State House Candidate Advises Tea Party To Be More Open With Its Racism
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/19/racist-new-hampshire-candidate/

While the tea party movement is desperately trying to fight off charges of “racist elements” from the NAACP, Ryan J. Murdough, a Republican candidate for New Hampshire State House, has no qualms about expressing his views on race. “It is time for white people in New Hampshire and across the country to take a stand,” Murdough wrote in a letter to the Concord Monitor titled “We must preserve our racial identity”:

"For far too long white Americans have been told that diversity is something beneficial to their existence. Statistics prove that the opposite is true. New Hampshire residents must seek to preserve their racial identity if we want future generations to have to possibility to live in such a great state. Affirmative action, illegal and legal non-white immigration, anti-white public school systems, and an anti-white media have done much damage to the United States of America and especially New Hampshire. It is time for white people in New Hampshire and across the country to take a stand. We are only 8 percent of the world’s population and we need our own homeland, just like any other non-white group of people deserve their own homeland."

>> ^peggedbea:

fuck those hippies. if they had ALL gotten up and smashed shit, joined in the black bloc.. that really would have SAID something.
you're right to protest is a sham, expressing your dissent how the oppressors tell you you are allowed to express dissent changes nothing for future generations.. NOTHING. nothing changes without direct action, without disrupting business as usual and these lazy, self righteous hippies aren't changing shit.
on the other hand, that black bloc reminds people that they really are so sick of the status quo they do want to blow up military recruiting centers and smash cops cars with baseball bats, oh canada!


What kind of message does smashing shit send besides a general cry of discontent? What kind of constructive criticism or insight on the inequities of modern times does burning a police car provide? What positive change does it engender, what good does it do for the rest of humanity?

Societal problems are multifaceted and complex. Simply destroying something is not a solution. The world needs thinkers, not a bigger lynch mob. Fuck your senseless violence; It brings nothing but chaos and terror.

fuck those hippies. if they had ALL gotten up and smashed shit, joined in the black bloc.. that really would have SAID something.

you're right to protest is a sham, expressing your dissent how the oppressors tell you you are allowed to express dissent changes nothing for future generations.. NOTHING. nothing changes without direct action, without disrupting business as usual and these lazy, self righteous hippies aren't changing shit.

on the other hand, that black bloc reminds people that they really are so sick of the status quo they do want to blow up military recruiting centers and smash cops cars with baseball bats, oh canada!