What's the Big Idea? Majora Carter and Josh Dorfman (2008)

In the opening Plenary Session of the 2008 Aspen Environment Forum, speakers Majora Carter and Josh Dorfman share "big ideas" about modern society and its relationship to the environment. The Aspen Institute and National Geographic magazine host the first ever Aspen Environment Forum, in Aspen, Colorado—a powerful, three-day exchange examining the future of our shared environment.

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[middlekingdomhist0ry]

Hi blocker loser, yes you know who I am?

Who are you to defend China?

You insulted Mainland Chinese, please go and ask your mother who you really are

As long as I use youtube, I make sure you remember what you write to me

[yhw111]

I don't think u understood what I meant by saying "we will never adopt the western way of freedom". It does not mean we don't need human right. Tibet or not, China needs to deal with human right issue. This is a problem with many American like yourself who simply jump into conclusion at others too quickly.

[EJWarriors]

you are right, illiterate chinese don't deserve freedom; and the gays, suicidal people, drug addicts, and all those alcoholic teen child molesters would all go away if we just burned the bill of rights. China is now a state run Capitalist state (aka fascist). have fun, and respect authority! hooray for authority!

[yhw111]

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I think historically China knows what it meant to be liberated. Eversince the west step foot on China hundreds of years ago, the Chinese has not seen a day of liberation but wars, disunity and destructions. This is much evident by Opium war (1850's), Japanese invasion (1937-41) and Cultural Revolution (1966).

[yhw111]

2

Did the west help us when we hit lowest bottom & facing the crueliest massacre (namely the Nanking Massacre) by the Japanese. Where was food aid when China was suffering from the greatest famine in the history of mankind. Also, what did the West do to punish the Japanese war criminals as oppose to Nazi criminals. Now when China is back at its feet, the West wants to tell us how to run our country.

[yhw111]

Chinese today has a great deal more freedom than ever before but we will never adopt the western way of freedom which only works for white majority. Not that we do not want freedom but there are too much evidence today that 'western democratic freedom' simply do not work for Asians. Just look at heavy populated Asian countries like India, Indonesia and Phiilippine who once adopt democratic system -- their poverty, corruption and social gap is at its worse.

[yhw111]

The western enjoyment of liberty and freedom is not without a price to pay. Look at your society-ills like child pornography, homosexuality, teens alcoholism, suicides, drug addicts, cult, criminal activities, disorders, disrespectful of authority and elderly etc.etc .. the list is endless!! Of course China has this problem too but taking account of its population and number of illiteracies one can only imagine its magnitude under democratic rule. Btw, China has already changed tremendously.

[EJWarriors]

we do criticize our government here - because we can. in non-democratic China, people get shot, arrested, beaten by their own army/police for opening their mouths in a critical way.

why is there no freedom of speech for the Chinese? why is there no democracy? Tiananmen Square anyone? JapiIepsy could not write such strident critiques of the Chinese government in China for very long.

We want to help the CHinese enjoy liberty first, then everything else can be worked out.

[JapiIepsy]

Main contributor to global warming and pollution >>>>>

China = 25 years

Japan = 110 years

Western / Europe = 250 years (the true Olympic winner, congrats!!)

[EJWarriors]

Hooray for China! protector of freedom and justice!

Hail China, the land where information is available to all.

Where would we be without the light of civil liberties that only China can shine on this dark and dirty world.