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Russell Brand

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I liked Ponderland, and I rather enjoy his comedic delivery style.

But much like Eddie Izzard, stick to stand-up and don't get involved in real-world stuff, just makes you look like a prize twit.
 
The Cowboy said:
I liked Ponderland, and I rather enjoy his comedic delivery style.

But much like Eddie Izzard, stick to stand-up and don't get involved in real-world stuff, just makes you look like a prize twit.
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disagree, watch this. he comes across as anything but a prize twit (dress sense aside...)

 
R.E.T.N.U.B said:
Could halfway understand your reasoning if he at least had an agenda for change, but he doesn't, he just says revolution,
Don't vote , but then nothing !
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That in itself is change, anything to shake the system is better than allowing it to continue with the same few winners gaining from the same huge amount of losers.

It is always argued on if you don't vote you can't have a say. Which is nonsense, taking part in the same charade every 4 or 5 years has produced the exact same result, and it gives a legitimacy to what they do, at home and abroad.

The system needs a huge shock, not participating on a huge scale would take away the platform these politicians have, it would also remind people that ultimately a democracy needs to be representative and make them more involved in the decision making process in an ironic way.

Hopefully momentum would be gathered the way it has elsewhere and at least get the chattering classes chattering again.
 

He reminds me a bit of Donnachadh Mccarthy (look him up if you don't know who he is). I've known him for quite a while and he's equally left leaning (albeit from a largely environmental perspective) and equally fond of theatrical rhetoric. He's also got a book out now (called The Prostitute State) and is fond of making a nuisance of himself in various public rallies, from protesting against war to the Stop Killing Cyclists campaign he founded.

Suffice to say, I'm not very keen on his style of going about things either, but in many ways he's actually better than Brand. Firstly he lives how he preaches (his home is practically zero carbon), and he was a member of the Lib Dems before they kicked him out.

It doesn't seem a good indictment of society though when the only exponents of 'change' are quite so whacky (and I include Farage in this too). McCarthy is in with the Greens now, and they're just as barmy as Brand.
 
L4Everton said:
Huh?
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You know when you're typing and you're not focusing on what words your typing, just sort of the sounds?

Happened there.

Millions more*.

If they legalized drugs, about 1/3 more people will start using. Depending on which drugs, about 1/3 of them will become addicted. Not sure if that = millions like but still, it would do more harm than good, because even if they whacked a massive tax on it, the extra money raised would probs be needed for supporting the new drug addicts. Just doesn't make sense.
 
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FTY said:
You know when you're typing and you're not focusing on what words your typing, just sort of the sounds?

Happened there.

Millions more*.

If they legalized drugs, about twice as many people will start using. Depending on which drugs, about 1/3 of them will become addicted. Not sure if that = millions like but still, it would do more harm than good, because even if they whacked a massive tax on it, the extra money raised would probs be needed for supporting the new drug addicts. Just doesn't make sense.
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The evidence from countries where they've tried decriminalisation (not exactly the same legalisation), such as Portugal, points to quite the opposite. Both usage and the number of addicts have fallen.

There is a huge and growing body of evidence that drugs should be treated as a public health issue rather than just a criminal one, but our government, whether it's Labour or Tory, don't seem to be able to get beyond "They're illegal because they're evil, and they're evil because they're illegal" when formulating policy.
 

Blue 1 said:
The evidence from countries where they've tried decriminalisation (not exactly the same legalisation), such as Portugal, points to quite the opposite. Both usage and the number of addicts have fallen.

There is a huge and growing body of evidence that drugs should be treated as a public health issue rather than just a criminal one, but our government, whether it's Labour or Tory, don't seem to be able to get beyond "They're illegal because they're evil, and they're evil because they're illegal" when formulating policy.
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Huge difference though so it's not valid mate.
 

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