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    For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

    Watch this clip:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_anaVcCXg


    This guy has spent about four months researching global climate change, and has made a series of highly entertaining videos expressing why we should care about the topic, how we should think about both sides of the argument, and what action we should take.

    This is a perfect example of how one person can have a huge impact simply by spreading information to the masses and affecting public opinion. The video was put up four days ago, but it's going to be huge.

    That first video is under 10 minutes, and it's both entertaining and thought provoking. Give it a watch.
    Last edited by Czechs Mex; 10-15-2007, 12:28 AM.
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    #2
    Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

    I liked. Thanks!

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      #3
      Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

      ...This isn't really making a difference in the world, IMO.

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        #4
        Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

        Why not? You change public opinion, they change who's in power, they change the policies, world=changed. I guarantee you it has more potential than making posts like this:

        Originally posted by John Mora View Post
        No, because no one will care and it won't change anything. Unless I fly over to Myanmar myself and put out the fires myself, nothing I do about this will affect it one bit.
        So what's the problem? Are you failing to see how one person can change public opinion, or do you not agree that public opinion can change public policy? Both of these things have happened in the past, and there's no reason to think they won't happen again.

        You don't have to extend your Grump Factory blog to your entire outlook on life.
        Last edited by Czechs Mex; 10-15-2007, 02:45 AM.

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          #5
          Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

          Wait, you think Mora is cynical?

          Last edited by Perversion; 10-16-2007, 04:05 AM. Reason: The number of the code is 257.

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            #6
            Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

            In a way, with your logic Mora, nothing would ever change because someone somewhere has to start something that changes the world in one way or another. Whether its getting a group together or starting a protest, someone had to start it.

            Probably not the best way of putting it but oh well.
            Last edited by d2king10; 10-15-2007, 02:41 AM.

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              #7
              Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

              "The individual is suppose to be weak, but far from powerless." :3
              PSN: KingJamos

              Add me... I'll wait.

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                Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

                People have neither the resources, time, or energy to do all this though. It ends up being the people with all three of those things that make a difference.

                If maybe I quit school or work, asked (and got) donations for not only the movement of people but also for my own bills, expences (food living etc.), and everything else. Maybe then I could do somthing.

                If it was somthing simple like writing a letter to a local congressman maybe. What would I say? "I'm one of your thousands of people you represent and I think this should be changed" this only works (for the most part) if a great deal of people write on a subject.

                This is a perfect example of how one person can have a huge impact simply by spreading information to the masses and affecting public opinion. The video was put up four days ago, but it's going to be huge.
                I'll wait for it to be huge before I count my chickens. I watched the whole video and gained no new knowledge from it. However you may be right.

                Not trying to sound like a lazy bum, that's just how I feel on the matter.
                Last edited by Red Dragon; 10-15-2007, 02:57 AM.

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                  Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

                  Originally posted by Red Dragon View Post
                  If it was somthing simple like writing a letter to a local congressman maybe. What would I say? "I'm one of your thousands of people you represent and I think this should be changed" this only works (for the most part) if a great deal of people write on a subject.
                  Hence someone making a video like this. It's a call to action. Instead of one person writing their single letter, he's encouraging exactly what you said WOULD work.

                  I'll wait for it to be huge before I count my chickens. I watched the whole video and gained no new knowledge from it. However you may be right.
                  Well, you watched the first video, which is just supposed to grab your attention. He's put up an entire series of 43 videos on the subject. It is a ton of information, presented in a very accessible manner.

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                    #10
                    Re: For all you wieners who think you can't make a difference in the world

                    Well, only so I can post in this topic

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