Best speech I have ever seen on a TV show.

Svperstar · 07-31-12, 12:30 AM

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msan_msw · 07-31-12, 12:46 AM

Well, if it was accurate it would be good. It's definitely passionate. You can pick any period of time and compare and contrast it to others and pick your facts as you see fit. The Great Depression? We talking WWII when we had segregation, victorian ethics, and readjustment after a devastating war? Industrial revolution and worker abuse? Space race and fear of nuclear war and the cold war? WWI around the time prohibition was passed because of horrific alcoholism across the country (and/or women gained the right to actually vote).

The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow isn't as bad as it seems.....

Svperstar · 07-31-12, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by msan_msw

The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow isn't as bad as it seems.....

Very True. I just hate people who go on and on how America is the greatest country in the world and have nothing to back it up with.

Kermit · 07-31-12, 01:05 AM

The older we get, the better we all were.

Svperstar · 07-31-12, 01:12 AM

Also the reason I like this speech isn't the last 30 seconds where he talks about how good America used to be. Its the start of it. Most people don't know how bad we are on infant mortality and only freaking African nations with no running water or electricity are worse, or that 25% of all prisoners in the world are in the USA.

Hydra · 07-31-12, 03:39 AM

I can't watch it as in on a mobile, but is it Charlie Chaplin's speech? I'm guessing not, its too broad and isn't about America.

Babel-17 · 07-31-12, 04:12 AM

I saw that, it's a show by the creator of The West Wing.

I find his writing glib, at times. But then again, he's writing for TV.

Wolfeman · 07-31-12, 07:35 AM

Too bad that his TV series (The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60, etc) all start with a blistering monologue...

bt_refugee · 07-31-12, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Doctor

There never was a 'Golden Age', Mike. It's all an illusion.

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msan_msw Bearly Human Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: 46.75º N 114.1º W Slacktana Posts: 28,430	Well, if it was accurate it would be good. It's definitely passionate. You can pick any period of time and compare and contrast it to others and pick your facts as you see fit. The Great Depression? We talking WWII when we had segregation, victorian ethics, and readjustment after a devastating war? Industrial revolution and worker abuse? Space race and fear of nuclear war and the cold war? WWI around the time prohibition was passed because of horrific alcoholism across the country (and/or women gained the right to actually vote). The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow isn't as bad as it seems..... __________________ "You can no longer remember a time when it was not so. Soon you won't remember not remembering." "I will not disappoint Slackercentral. I will complete each slacking with total concentration. And I will gain honor for slackers and for the Slackercentral nation." Apoch: "2 divided by 3 is .666!" Greatergatsby (calculator): "hmm...that's strange...the mark of the beast has just been rounded up to 667."

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07-31-12, 01:12 AM	#5
Svperstar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Nein Posts: 6,449	Also the reason I like this speech isn't the last 30 seconds where he talks about how good America used to be. Its the start of it. Most people don't know how bad we are on infant mortality and only freaking African nations with no running water or electricity are worse, or that 25% of all prisoners in the world are in the USA. __________________ "BURN IN HELL YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!!!" - one of my Youtube fans. Encyclopedia Dramatica is back! NSFW http://encyclopediadramatica.se/

07-31-12, 04:12 AM	#7
Babel-17 "Say what?" Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: New York, USA Posts: 16,886	I saw that, it's a show by the creator of The West Wing. I find his writing glib, at times. But then again, he's writing for TV. __________________ "As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests." –Gore Vidal “No matter how imperfect things are, if you’ve got a free press, everything is correctable. Without it, everything is concealable.” -Tom Stoppard

07-31-12, 07:35 AM	#8
Wolfeman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 7,039	Too bad that his TV series (The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60, etc) all start with a blistering monologue... __________________ “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our [American] political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' ” -Issac Asimov "I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance." - Jon Stewart

07-31-12, 03:39 AM	#6
Hydra Registered User Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Brisbane, Aus Posts: 30,675	I can't watch it as in on a mobile, but is it Charlie Chaplin's speech? I'm guessing not, its too broad and isn't about America.