Bertrand Russell 1950 Nobel Prize

This is video of Bertrand Russell accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. I wish I could find the film of his speech.

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[petruchio2100]

Russell hating the Jews? You don't know anything about Russell's mind. He was the furthest thing from a bigot or a hater.

[zimmerma93]

Bertrand Russell was my childhood hero.

[treehugger625]

@deceiver123m i can't prove you wrong; if you've read all of his books and come to the conclusion that that's your opinion, that's fine. although i have to say "piece of shit elitist scum" is a pretty vague, ineloquent way of criticizing someone. but do what you want, if you wanna spend your free time posting hateful comments on youtube videos then go for it. i couldn't care less.

[deceiver123m]

@treehugger625 k i read em and hes a piece of shit elitist scum. Prove me wrong

[TheDensley7]

If anybody is worth aspiring to, it's this man, not some fatuous drug-addled pop star.

[omgz0rtbh]

@treehugger625 Which ones? Principia Mathematica? Without criticizing Russell, I think he would also agree that it is not necessarily requisite to read someone's book(s) in order to criticize them. I have, as most others, not read Mein Kampf, but I am still quite confident in my view that Hitler was no person worthy of admiration.

[treehugger625]

okay, new rule: don't post stuff on here hatin' on B.R. until you've read his books.

[possumverde]

I'll admit that I don't know all there is to know about Bertrand Russell but from what I've read about his views concerning the formation of the "new" nation of Israel, I'd say all he was saying was "Two wrongs don't make a right." Yes, it's horrible what happened to the Jewish people during World War 2, but to compound that error by visiting an injustice upon others (who had nothing to do with the holocaust) is not the right way to atone...

[theonlymatheus]

he owns

[maegan1981]

Instead of reading a biography(!) about him, read his own books. Calling him an anti-semite or just insinuating it is beyond obnoxious.

[taz0k2]

wha?

[geodesicks]

@zimmerma93 : Mine too!