Wow pretty intense, the woman has a bittersweet tought love no bullshit taking attitude and gets multiple points across with ease and with a passion so intense you can almost feel it radiating.
And no wonder she is massively disillusioned about help from above, I would if all I saw in my life was abandonement, prejudice and decadence. posted by elpapacito at 1:55 AM on April 10, 2008
Some people are just frickin' cold. What is it about FLV files that turns people into morons? From the comments on the talk:
"I wish she didn't cried. I was listening to her and suddenly it was more about compassion or my not being able to feel it rather than what she was saying or said or will say. And strangely, it was all over in another 30 seconds... an emotional abuse."
Emphasis mine. posted by mkb at 3:24 AM on April 10, 2008
And thanks for the link to TED. Hadn't know about it, and it looks to be pretty awesome. I will be watching some videos later. posted by Tehanu at 7:44 AM on April 10, 2008
Here is video of Majora Carter taken right after they pulled the flag from her during her torch run: link posted by rajbot at 11:59 AM on April 10, 2008
Totally awesome:
TED
Marjora Carter
free speech
(that video, rajbot, is disturbing...especially how the police officer pushed her with such force) posted by hazel at 12:35 PM on April 10, 2008
She's a hero. posted by rbs at 3:40 PM on April 10, 2008
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