I echo what Jen said, but I also wanted to tell you that there's a lot of us in Europe who have been discussing and are very excited about your Vlog, GoGen! We're glad you're here!
On 08/08/2007, Jen Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This list does discuss technology a lot. And some questions get more > replies / better answers than others. > > The discussion about said racist video is important, I believe. The > discussion started with several people saying "hey, it's ok. The > video isn't funny, but whatever, it was cool" / and other people > countered with "no, it's not ok. It's racist and let's say so." And > then a lot of people had a lot to say. People debated 'What is > censorship?'... What is "feeding the trolls"... What were the > motivations of the person who made the video.... What does racism > look like in the 21st century?... and yes, discussions like this can > get very hard to watch especially when we are talking about racism > in the United States ("land of the free / home of the brave"). I like > discussions like these, messy as they are, because the debate asks > the people who are participating it in to think. To think about what > they think, notice it, attempt to articulate it. It is rare to get a > chance to think about and talk about racism in our culture(s) and > yet, social dynamics like the ones that have been discussed dominate > our lives (including censorship / power / money / etc) and affect > most everything going on around us. It is important to talk about > racism in the U.S./U.K. and elsewhere. If it's not talked about, it > goes unchecked, passed on from person to person. > > Congrats on your videoblog! David Howell just pointed me over to it > the other day, and I've been watching all your videos with great > interest. I spent a month in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia last summer, > and a month the summer before, working on a multimedia opera about > Nikola Tesla. I feel a strong connection to Belgrade and Croatia now, > and have many friends there. I know ethnicity / nationality has > played a huge role in what life is like in the former Yugoslavia for > the last 10-15 years. Maybe that's why you really don't want this > list to be going on and on about race-based tensions. While it may > sound like people are angry with each other the debate in the U.S. > does not carry with it the nationalism that could start a war. That > war ended in 1865, and while we haven't completely gotten over it, > there not been any movement to restart it for about three decades now. > > And this discussion will end in a week or so. And we'll start > debating something else with a lot of controversy usually talking > about advertising or Hollywood business models gets things going. ;-) > Read the list email in a program / environment that sorts things into > threads, and then delete all the email from any discussion that you > don't want to be part of without having to read any of it. Two > thousand emails a month are too many for most all of us. > > And keep posting your technical questions! Somebody answer GoGen's > questions! Rupert is really one of the people who get movlogging. > > zdravo, > Jen > > > > > On Aug 8, 2007, at 8:09 am, gogen001 wrote: > > > As a newbie in this group I somehow thought it would be more > > technical, unfortunately there's a lot of (unnecessary?) flaming going > > around some racist or whatever they are videos, while, for example, > > the post about movlogging with bluetooth remains with only two > > replies. > > > > OK, my bad if I expected something different. > > Sorry, I'm just being sincere. > > > > PS > > David, I'm posting below your reply 'cause I know you better than > > others, no other reasons. > > > > GoGen > > www.gogentv.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > This group should be ashamed. > > > It should be ashamed over what is happening to it right here with > > this > > > discussion. > > > The only thing I can say at this point about Feldman, Podtech, > > Scoble, > > > AND this group as a whole with the infighting is "*pfffft*" > > > David > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/