I enjoy listening to Russel Brand as a comedian very much but people should not die for ideology or religion.

People die and useful stuff gets destroyed in revolutions. Also which revolution has ever actually brought about the implementation of what was promised to start it, in a good way? I mean besides the industrial revolution, obviously :-) And independence wars dont count as revolutions.

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This comment stream shows that the interviewer succeeded in what he apparently set out to do -- derail the conversation into something other than what Russell Brand came to talk about.

Changing society's approach to drug laws and drug treatment.

It is a complete canard to say that Brand can't talk about using the existing system to change the drug situation because Brand doesn't like the current system. So what if he doesn't like it? He is going to stop trying to fix things?

So far, all the comments aren't about Brand's perspective on drug laws. They are off and running on a side issue.

And that is how the system doesn't change. False equivalencies, derailment from the topic, and nobody even notices.

Fuck.

Upvote again because ChaosEngine hated on it (edit: Russel Brand's comedy sucks balls but he has great insights (sometimes funny) as he's been through many wringers-

"Gandhi's a Cunt!" Russell Brand Responds To Heckle has been added as a related post - related requested by chingalera on that post.

Eventually, you'll end up on the receiving end of rants of mine that are neither informative nor entertaining. Rage and anger is my very own recipe to prevent depression, so it's bound to happen sooner rather than later.

But hey, Russell Brand will be on this side of the Channel in early February, maybe that'll be enough to lift the spirits for a couple of months.

That really brought a smile to my face. I personally don't know how to act around people I meet in every day life, so interactions with disabled people have always been extra difficult. I do my honest best to be a kind person to everyone, but I fail miserably in that (phobias and avoidance, nothing mean, ever). I dig Russell Brand for his insane dip into celebrity and then the rationalization and intelligence to come out the other side seeing things as they really are for everyday individuals (politically, etc).
This video just makes my day because he's so wonderful to this girl, and she makes my day for pursuing her goals so honestly (or deceptively, in terms of affection).

Well, he doesn't say anything that no one else was thinking.
The sound quality is horrible.
The music doesn't contribute anything useful.
Why does this video exist again?

Oh, right, we <3 Russell Brand!

Lol, I never claimed to be a genius, but what I absolutely am is a pragmatist.

Give me solutions.

Hell, even Brand does this when he knows his subject. Listen to him talk about drug treatment. He's eloquent, impassioned and clear.

Whereas in these clips and others where he's talking about something he doesn't have a solution for, he's full of this kind of Chopra-esque hand-wavy nonsense.

Russell doubled down on his interview with Paxman:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/russell-brand-democratic-system-newsnight

Russell Brand talks an awful lot of wankery.

it's awesome that although russel brand is not exactly an intellectual juggernaut but could argue circles around these vapid philistines.

"At least facetiousness is funny" - quote of the day. Correct me please if I'm wrong but i don't see it in this edit. Full interview ha.

It's actually in this version. It appears here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/24/240506398/video-russell-brand-and-his-call-for-revolution

It's at 6:15-6:20 here.

Vote Russel Brand -- he will fuck every woman and any woman that he so chooses.

Here's the worthy-reading Letter From The Editor for the issue of The New Statesman.