Insert French hygiene comment here -> =oD

I think his ownership of the paypal account was another key mistake. He should have his companies structured so that if one business goes down, his personal assets or his other businesses aren't threatened.

Looking at the other video about him losing $500k in a Limo business, he seems to make alot of really painful but rudimentary mistakes. It's disappointing because I was expecting him to have made the losses on some unique or unforeseen circumstance, not due to lack of basic hygiene.

$1000 in business night courses or a library card could have saved him nearly a million dollars of grief.

Edit: or $2000 for a basic consultation from a business lawyer and a CPA.

Impressive! They must have to pay extra attention to personal hygiene or risk expulsion from the band! =oD

No, I mean how the 'every kid is special' thing is ruining children when they get into the 'real world'. This is a mantra of cranky old men, and has been as long as I've been an adult (15 odd years). The idea is that we are creating these 'delicate flowers' that suffer when they face real rejection, for example in the job market. It was levelled at my generation, and pretty much every one since. Now, us Gen Xers are saying it about Gen Yers, as if we're any different. We're just older.

I just haven't seen any evidence of it actually happening. What I think happens is the same thing that has always happened. Kids grow up into adults, experience the 'real world' and look at the next generation as being a bit softer.

My theory is it's just people getting older and looking at people with less life experience than them, and blaming the school system or parents or whatever.

This has nothing to do with hygiene standards, which I agree are counterproductive. Or over-organising kids, for that matter, which I also think has consequences.

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Can't wait to see Old Spice bust in on a commercial for feminine hygiene products.

According to wikipedia, people exclusively consumed raw milk prior to industrialization.

Yeah, and the average lifespan as below 40; and epidemics and plagues were common. People did alot of things that wouldn't pass muster today.

And even some claim that raw milk can be produced hygienically without the dangerous pathogens. I wouldn't know one way or another, but I'd also suspect you don't either, right?

You're using the same line as climate change deniers and anti-vacination advocates: Use layman's ignorance to deny established science, engineering or medical fact/procedure. I can use that technique to cast doubt on any complex scientific/medical/engineering issue (which in the states, is practically every technical subject).

The bottom line is, with the issue of raw milk, like anti-vaccination, it's not about curbing individual rights, but reducing the public safety risk. You can catch infectious diseases from raw milk. I have a right to not be exposed to some disease-ridden fool.

>> ^Ornthoron:

What irks me is people who spread misinformation about important health subjects, resulting in unnecessary death and suffering. It's rather tangential to the topic of this video so I will not go more into it here.
There are plenty of things that irk me about libertarianism too, but when it comes to american elections I am just a spectator, not a participant. So I will let all of you carry on without me and sit back with some popcorn.
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Ha. Fair enough.

But if I can add something? According to wikipedia, people exclusively consumed raw milk prior to industrialization. And even some claim that raw milk can be produced hygienically without the dangerous pathogens. I wouldn't know one way or another, but I'd also suspect you don't either, right?

That's the problem with telling people what to do. You don't always know what's correct and what isn't. If I was a paper manufacturer who was in strict competition with let's say hemp manufacturers then I could, for instance, collude with government and get them to make all kinds of wild speculations about the dangers of marijuana and have it banned completely. You may remember Refer Madness?

I leave people alone. I wish everybody else did too.

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I don't think it's the right thing to do now - but maybe in biblical times when hygiene was a real issue, it was a way to give a male offspring a head start against the many ailments that were around at the time. I don't think it's a practice that was just pulled out of a hat- it has some practical background, just like dietary laws. >> ^hpqp:

@dag and @lucky760
Don't be fooled by the studies saying circumcision prevents the transmission of HIV etc. Several factors render those studies' results doubtful and/or moot. For one, many of them concern 3rd world countries where simple hygiene is still an issue (e.g. Kenya). The odds ratios are very low. I would also add (with reserves though) that cultural bias may play a role in some of those studies (look at the names).
Most doctors and doctor associations disprove of neonatal circumcision btw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_analysis_of_circumcision.
But even if circumcision were proven to drastically reduce the transmission of STDs and/or penile cancer, I would still be against it. How many kids have sex when they're babies? Can't they be given the choice when they reach their teens? As for penile cancer, it tends to develop in old age (60 and on), so plenty of time for a "preventive" chop if one chooses to do so to one's own body.

@dag and @lucky760

Don't be fooled by the studies saying circumcision prevents the transmission of HIV etc. Several factors render those studies' results doubtful and/or moot. For one, many of them concern 3rd world countries where simple hygiene is still an issue (e.g. Kenya). The odds ratios are very low. I would also add (with reserves though) that cultural bias may play a role in some of those studies (look at the names).

Most doctors and doctor associations disprove of neonatal circumcision btw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_analysis_of_circumcision.

But even if circumcision were proven to drastically reduce the transmission of STDs and/or penile cancer, I would still be against it. How many kids have sex when they're babies? Can't they be given the choice when they reach their teens? As for penile cancer, it tends to develop in old age (60 and on), so plenty of time for a "preventive" chop if one chooses to do so to one's own body.

I can't imagine this being hygienic or mess-free. It's going to harbor so much filth, nobody will want to shop there. Ew. Imagine people's grubby hands all over the food.. Stupid kids sneezing on it and wiping their boogers on the dispensers. With no packaging to keep the germs out, they will just spread through the food and it will be risky to buy anything from there.

Or, maybe, I'm some guy who just doesn't listen closely for the distinctions between feminine hygiene ads...?

>> ^hpqp:

^and don't retort with "what of hair/nail-cutting?", which are necessary hygiene procedures that are not irretrievable.


Why would I?

^and don't retort with "what of hair/nail-cutting?", which are necessary hygiene procedures that are not irretrievable.

>> ^MaxWilder:

I disagree @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/DerHasisttot" title="member since May 11th, 2010" class="profilelink">DerHasisttot, the push for legislation can be a fantastic way of grabbing people's attention, thereby legislating and educating simultaneously. Despite the fact that every professional medical organization in the world (such as the AMA) finds no medical justification for circumcision, it is still routinely performed without question. A legal rumpus may be just what this issue needs to enter the public consciousness.
But you may be right in that this will take several attempts to pass before enough people realize what barbaric bullshit they are using as justification for mutilating their children. Perhaps it will morph into a bill where there are special exemptions for religious purpose. I'd be fine with that. The point is to get people to stop thinking of it as normal and medically justified. In fact just the opposite, the procedure carries the risk of death (rare as it may be). All of the supposed risks that are used to justify circumcision can be remedied by basic hygiene, and it's long past time that people were aware of that.


I fully agree. In my mind I compare it with the drive to legalise Marihuana, which is somewhat comparable, in the way that both issues are depending on widespread support.

I grant you the attention-grabbing possibilities, but to be honest, the activist in the video was not the right man for the job.