My Davos Question

[neotoy]

Recorded history only goes back several thousand years. I don't think it's possible to state with certainty that one ethnic group invented racism and bigotry. So unless you have a time machine, that is pure speculation on your part.

Regardless, there is no way to go back in time and prevent these crimes. There is only the present, and each of us is only responsible for our own actions, here and now.

[neotoy]

Most people would have simply removed all your comments and blocked you for being a racist bigot. But I want to at least understand why you feel this way.

My skin is considered "white", if I was standing in front of you right now, would you kill me, even though I've done nothing to you or anyone else? Would a "free&civilized" person do such a thing?

If not then what are your extremist views besides empty words?

[neotoy]

Deny what truth? Your comments are so incoherent and full of hate speech that I can barely understand them.

Are you alleging that "white" people invented genocide?

It seems more like you have simply lost the argument and are refusing to accept the facts.

[neotoy]

You're wrong, both Africans and Asians have committed acts of attempted genocide in recorded history:

Rwanda Genocide, 800,000 killed

Nanking Genocide, 300,000 killed

Darfur Genocide, 2,500,000 killed

Tibet Genocide, 1,200,000 killed

Genocide is a human problem, not an ethnic problem. Please do not post any more blatant untruths, you are doing the innumerable victims of human barbarism a great disservice.

[neotoy]

ColonialismIsEvil, a.k.a. NoSaviorButYou, I'd appreciate your perspective on my video titled "Human Rights".

watch?v=StQ_zB4ij5Y

Unlike you I do not believe in the concept of race, therefore all human beings are members of the same family, and consequently deserve the same fundamental human rights.

People should be judged on their choices in this life, not on their heritage.

[SPGonline]

I take your point about the need for action - I answered last year too. But I'm encouraged by the way the format is changing: question-debate- what next year? things are moving

[MBChB1961]

Spot on

[CanyonLakeTX]

Either you suck at working a camera, or you are hiding your identity. Your video did not offer any help for the problem at hand. However you are good at critsizm.

[neotoy]

Check the sidebar, my solution is there, it's also cited in the video. The world needs more criticism, especially in the incompetent leadership dept. Ask yourself this: why are the people with all the power held to such low standards of accomplishment and accountability? Shouldn't it be just the opposite? With great power comes great responsibility. Why are so many people ignorant of this simple truth?

[neotoy]

BTW, thanks for highlighting the whole point of my video, namely 'the listening problem'. The information is there, people are just choosing to ignore it. If the concept of holistic economic metrics was implemented by the world's economic powers, the current financial crisis would never have taken place, nor would it be repeated. Furthermore it will be impossible to fix the global economy until we have accurate metrics. You can't fix something you don't even understand.

[TheNittyGrittyUK]

to me it seems that this lack of faith can only enuse further negativety in even the most obscure aspects of our economy.

[neotoy]

It's not a "lack of faith", it's called accountability. If there were more of it, the economy would not be in this current crisis.

[chuckkottke]

Pardon my rant there, & I'm glad you got through to them! But really "getting through" to them is the problem, I agree. On the one hand, they're competitors; on the other, responsible citizens and leaders. One might liken it to Jefferson's inability to free those individuals he was using as slaves, while at the same time holding up such high ideals for the rights of man. It takes an informed, active citizenry to push for change & equality, for business "leaders" often are afraid of change.

[neotoy]

Point taken, however, when you don't have an "informed, active citizenry", it's the oligarchy and the corptocracy that calls all the shots. Even if by some miracle the unwashed masses were capable of reversing their decline into suicidal apathy, it would take decades if not centuries for that influence to trickle up. Our ecosystem just doesn't have that long. If it fails like our democracy has, there isn't going to be any bailout from mother nature.

[chuckkottke]

We citizens can. Our government, any government, is supposed to be the referee on our behalf. It often fails because we have yet to institute checks on the influence of excess money & power in politics. After Life and Liberty, The right to Fair Campaigns & Elections comes first, and all citizens should have equal pull behind whichever candidate they choose to support. without fair elections, the rules of fair conduct both socially & economically go out the window in favor of expediency.