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Released video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI "This idea is an oracle of faith for republicans and seld

by alecco 14y ago

Released video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI "This idea is an oracle of faith for republicans and seldom challenged by democrats." Clearly against bi-partisan and not pro-democrat. Very bad move by TED. Also, the quality of many TED presentations is a joke so they can't pull that card.

scott_s 14y ago
The implication is that the Republicans are wrong and the Democrats should challenge it. In other words, "Hey, Democrats, here's an argument you should use." That's partisan.
- rexreed 14y ago
  I think that's the only sentence / segment in the whole talk that refers to one party or the other. Indeed, this talk is relevant even in countries where neither party exists. It seems a heck of a lot less partisan than what passes for news on a daily basis around these parts -- pick your cable news network of choice.
  - saraid216 14y ago
    "Less bad" != "Good"
- tripzilch 14y ago
  What? No. As an outsider, it is yet another example that both your parties are perfectly worthless. "Hey, Democrats, here's an argument you should use" is only partisan if there was a snowflake's chance in hell that they'd actually do something. But the Big People with their arms in the puppet on the right don't want that just as little as the ones fisting the puppet on the left. Four years after replacing the Beast with the Smiler, and what have you learned? "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos"
chc 14y ago
Many of those other bad presentations don't get posted either, so why can't they pull that card?
emmelaich 14y ago
1. You've mistranscribed. It's article not oracle of faith. Whoever heard of an oracle of faith?! 2. Calling an idea an 'article of faith' is insulting as it implies a lack of reasoning.
- shele 14y ago
  Believing firmly in something which is wrong often indicates a lack of reasoning.

by alecco 14y ago

scott_s 14y ago

The implication is that the Republicans are wrong and the Democrats should challenge it. In other words, "Hey, Democrats, here's an argument you should use." That's partisan.

rexreed 14y ago
I think that's the only sentence / segment in the whole talk that refers to one party or the other. Indeed, this talk is relevant even in countries where neither party exists. It seems a heck of a lot less partisan than what passes for news on a daily basis around these parts -- pick your cable news network of choice.
- saraid216 14y ago
  "Less bad" != "Good"
tripzilch 14y ago
What? No. As an outsider, it is yet another example that both your parties are perfectly worthless. "Hey, Democrats, here's an argument you should use" is only partisan if there was a snowflake's chance in hell that they'd actually do something. But the Big People with their arms in the puppet on the right don't want that just as little as the ones fisting the puppet on the left. Four years after replacing the Beast with the Smiler, and what have you learned? "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos"

chc 14y ago

Many of those other bad presentations don't get posted either, so why can't they pull that card?

emmelaich 14y ago

1. You've mistranscribed. It's article not oracle of faith. Whoever heard of an oracle of faith?! 2. Calling an idea an 'article of faith' is insulting as it implies a lack of reasoning.

shele 14y ago
Believing firmly in something which is wrong often indicates a lack of reasoning.