I like this guy.

''I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!'' -Howard Beale

The BBC is pro-Jewish... in Bizarro world.

He certainly doesn't come across as impartial on the subject here. Why does he think people would see the BBC differently?

A 'bravery' tag? Are you kidding me? Did I miss the sift where Tony Benn fought through arm guards into the studio and demanded to be interviewed on live TV? There was me thinking that they just phoned him up and asked him to come on national TV for a softball interview knowing full well what his views are and that he had already done exactly the same thing earlier.

I guess I also missed the bit where the BBC is somehow trying to suppress the details of this charity rather than just wanting to distance themselves editorially from it. Having this story on the front page of their news site for 2 days must have confused me.

And bonus points for the Global Zionist Conspiracy popup text. Nice.

The BBC, prior to the Hutton enquiry, would have aired this appeal. Bravery not only to the brilliant Tony Benn, but to the news editors that got him on there knowing full well what he was going to do.

The BBC coverage of this conflict all but stopped after the initial 3 days.

Gee, he is very brave. All of those British people without access to the internet, who can't possibly Google around to find a Palestinian charity.

"People will die because of the BBC decision!"

Maybe the Queen will knight him and give him a destrier and a lance.

*quixote

>> ^NobleOne:
''I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!'' -Howard Beale

"This" should be "it," no?

Hutton Inquiry, or just another Bush Blair related crime.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutton_inquiry

I disagree with Tony Benn on many issues, but I can't help but admire the guy. One of the few politicians who always told it as he saw it. Quite a change from the spin and lies we've become accustomed to.

Anyone dissing tony benn on this, seriously you need to fuck off.

He didn't fight through armed guards, he didn't battle his way onto the set, no, what he did was go on the show, and do the right thing. Which is more than any of us can do. Especially you with your fucking "oh well done" attitude, he didn't ask for your approval on a knighthood, dickhead.

"Gee, he is very brave. All of those British people without access to the internet, who can't possibly Google around to find a Palestinian charity."

Comments like that are rediculous. By your logic, why would a charity go on TV and advertise? People can simply google!

And shit, people know about world events taking place, why have news programs? People can google.

Why have ANYTHING when you have google, right!?!?!?

IF you can't work out why what you said is stupid, you're too stupid to take part in a conversation here. Go find a lolcat.

To continue where dannym3141 left off - why should Videosift exist? You can find all these videos with Google, can't you?

PWNED!

The BBC didn't try to stop him from giving the information, they just don't want to be seen as endorsing one side of a conflict.

Perhaps they brought him on knowing he would give out the information so they wouldn't have to compromise their own impartiality? The information was put out on air on the BBC and it wasn't part of an official BBC decision. Win-Win?

If my neighbor throws rocks over the fence at my house, I will tell him to stop it! If he continues to throw the rocks, and my kids are afraid to go outside in their yard, I will warn him that I will kick his ass if he continues throwing the rocks. If he throws them again, I'll jump over the fence and KICK HIS ASS!!! If his wife wants me to pay for the bandages on his ass, I might regurgitate. Let HAMAS donate money for the bandages!! HAMAS should STOP throwing rocks over the fence!!! The horrible results upon the people HAMAS is supposed to represent is the result of HAMAS throwing rocks over the fence!

Try running through that metaphor again, only this time it's his house, you've kept him locked in the basement for the past 60 years, and no one in the world is interested in helping him get rid of you.

If he is locked in the basement, where does he get rocks and how does he throw the rocks?

Way to focus on the important details.

>> ^gorillaman:
Try running through that metaphor again, only this time it's his house, you've kept him locked in the basement for the past 60 years, and no one in the world is interested in helping him get rid of you.


60 years, and no one in the world is interested in helping him? All the people in the world are slackers? I don't think so!.

>> ^gorillaman:
Try running through that metaphor again, only this time it's his house, you've kept him locked in the basement for the past 60 years, and no one in the world is interested in helping him get rid of you.


My dad says the same thing re: hamas. Ok, they're shelling another country, and that's bad, and that's as far as he sees it. He doesn't remember/seem to know/care about the poor treatment being suffered.

A piece on the news telling about how they have to tunnel underneath israel into egypt (?) in order to get important food, water and medical supplies out came on TV the other night, and he said "There's no way they're getting food and water in through there." Case closed, for him.

Some people genuinely side with israel.

I side with no one, i think they've both done bad things, but i'm starting to come around to the likeness of "ghetto rioting", and perhaps what hamas has done is in some way "reasonable", in a vague sense of the word.

How likely do you think it is that anyone in Gaza believes that stopping the random rocket fire will cause Israel to stop blockading the area?

My guess (and it's just a guess) is that they expect the blockade to continue no matter what they do, so their chosen option is to provoke Israel into causing such a humanitarian crisis that other countries finally step in and tell Israel to stop, possibly by force.

I honestly don't see the actions of either side as surprising. People in Gaza (HAMAS or individuals) are intentionally provoking Israel and Israel is responding with excessive force.

>> ^lucky760:
>> ^NobleOne:
''I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!'' -Howard Beale

"This" should be "it," no?


I stand corrected.

*Promote back, as this is just as relevant now as it was then.

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Sunday, January 25th, 2009 3:04am PST - promote requested by Sagemind.