Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Deirdre Straughan
There is the demographic factor that Terry originally brought up: younger people tend to be both more comfortable with technology (though there are huge exceptions) and more liberal in their political/social views (again, with exceptions). This probably accounts for a lot of the skew on YouTube

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Adrian Miles
I would have thought this extended way beyond the video blogging community and could reasonably be asked of the community in general, where the video community is a smaller mirror of the larger one. On the other hand you're using community to equal audience, I think the video community (and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Patrick Delongchamp
Ah, a common misconception. Respect is only afforded *between* religious groups because their beliefs are all based on unreliable evidence and neither one can say which is the true religion. On the other hand, because I'm not religious I can criticize religion as much as I want. For example, I

Re: [videoblogging] Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Sull
your religious and political beliefs need not disrupt one from posting a video having nothing at all to do with religion nor politics. likewise, their is no need to blatantly announce your beliefs. so in this respect, you can imagine how many people may be this or that without most knowing.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Sull
If someone were to question my beliefs I would probably call it an intellectually stimulating conversation. Not an intolerant attack. It all depends on what you base your beliefs. Cheers! To backbones and and alcohol! On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Patrick Delongchamp [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread terry.rendon
If someone were to question my beliefs I would probably call it an intellectually stimulating conversation. Not an intolerant attack. It all depends on what you base your beliefs. I think you are assuming that religious people don't like their beliefs criticized. I'm often critical of my own

[videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Gena
In regards to your question about 3rd party candidates the answer if simple. They do not make collective use of the opportunity they have to get their viewpoints across. They do not vlog. I was doing some kind of research, I think around the time of Pixeloden. I truly wanted to find Libertarian,

[videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Chris
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, terry.rendon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you are assuming that religious people don't like their beliefs criticized. I'm often critical of my own faith beliefs. I think here in America there are many people who are critical of religion. However, I

[videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread terry.rendon
True enough. But it doesn't make it any less hypocritical when religion is used as an ivory tower from which people can launch vicious attacks at other groups but then cry intolerance when their own group is attacked. And that is a fairly frequent occurrence. Fair enough. I also finding

[videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread terry.rendon
True enough. But it doesn't make it any less hypocritical when religion is used as an ivory tower from which people can launch vicious attacks at other groups but then cry intolerance when their own group is attacked. And that is a fairly frequent occurrence. Fair enough. I also find it

[videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Chris
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, terry.rendon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fair enough. I also find it hypocritical that groups that claim to be for tolerance but seem to have zero tolerance when it comes to religious expression and speech and cry foul every turn. I'm admittedly biased, but

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Ideology

2008-03-22 Thread Adrian Miles
because for for most communities outside of North America tolerance is probably understood and experienced to be something that is largely free of religion, I live in what I regard as a (sometimes) tolerant society, and religion plays quite a small role over all. An important one, but

[videoblogging] VIDEOs

2008-03-22 Thread RODLI PEDERSON
hi please let me know what you think of these videos: http://revver.com/video/744749/robot-kick-boxing-2/ http://revver.com/video/732833/robot-kick-boxing/ thanks for the help rodlli