I think that south sark is one of the best shows on television right now. It stirs a lot of controversy which is a good thing, as people become more aware of what is happening in their own country. It is one show that is not afraid to make fun of things. Most of those jokes are based on stereotypes and should not be taken seriously, I can undertsand if some people feel offended with certain episodes that target a certain genre of people. As long as the show does not encourage violence or encourage criminals, its fine by me

This is very interesting to hear this from an American, I am from India, which is a developing nation, I agree with the person in the video. the fact is that the people living in developed countries like America and the United Kingdom are most likely in a much more powerful and influential position than the developing nations are. The people living in the developed countries have a higher level of education than the people in the developing countries. This greatly affects the thinking of the people there.

I completely get what the person in the video is saying, it is not until anything hits us personally that we actually get up and do something about it. Haiti is a very small country and its impact on the world has been minimum, what I'm trying to say is that the situation would not have been the same if it was a country great significance like say the United States of America or the United Kingdom or Japan for that matter. If a natural disaster like the one in Haiti would have occurred in any of the major cities around the world, I think that people would have reacted differently to the same event.
Not that Haiti is an insignificant country but its just that the problems that Haiti's having does not impact the people around the world personally. Most of the people around the world do not have any connection with Haiti may it be economically or personally, it does not really affect the people in their day-to-day life.As cruel as this may sound this is how the world is, most of the people would not bother to help the people that are under distress, even if they have to just sacrifice a very small part of their life. It is very common for a person to think how his small contribution is going to help to rebuild the life of some person in a different country.But what people fail to understand is that how a small part of their income or time could make a big difference in someone else's life.
This does not mean that people do not empathize for them, by just feeling sorry, is really not going to help them in Haiti. For example, does not really affect me personally, it has not really affected my day to day life, so i cant I can’t stop going to class to go there and help, I can’t donate large amounts of money. It was great to have Sam collect money for this, as this gave a lot of opportunity to a lot of people in class, who wanted to donate money, but were quite lazy to use any of the other sources.
I really dont know if the money that i have sent is really gonna make a difference there, but I think i have done what i could in my present circumstances to help them. Hopefully the money gets to them and it benefits them.

I'm from Bombay, India and I am a Hindu. Since the early 90's there have been many riots in my city between Hindu's and Muslim's. I have been brought up in circumstances where everyone around me really hates Muslims. I personally believe in the philosophy of one god and would not like to discriminate anyone on the basis on religion. Islam is one of biggest religions in the world, u cant really account the actions of a minority of people to set the image for the entire religion.

When I first saw this video I immediately thought of one Sam's lectures on us all being guilty of stealing land from the native Americans. I believe this cannot be blamed on the United States, it is the duty of the United Nations to make sure there is no injustice done to any country. I can understand that every country wants to protect its own interests, but it cannot be done at the expense of any other country or people. Thus if the United states is causing problems the United Nations can take action against this.

I think that it is crazy how these people kill can just kill themselves like that. I would never be able to do it no matter how strongly I believed in something. I am not saying that I would not avenge the wrongful death of a family member, I am just saying that I would not intentionally kill myself to do so. I don'e really see the sense in it at all. What is the point of killing yourself for something? Some may say to dedicate their lives to something they believe in, but I think that this is ridiculous because when you kill yourself you will never see your dreams come true because you will be dead. That woman who blew herself up to avenge the death of her husband by the Russians did it because she felt that justice needed to be served to those who had wronged her and her husband, but what she doesn't realize is that not only will she not be there to see any change come out of what she did, but she is also putting other people in the same situation that she was in. She is taking away people's family and loved ones just as her husband was taken away from her. The saying "two wrongs don't make a right" comes into play when you are thinking about the actions committed by these women. They are just furthering the extent of the violence and pain that the world already experiences on a daily basis. She is causing the same pain and suffering to others that she went through. It is not right if you ask me. In a way she is kind of a hypocrite, because she is using violence to protest violence. It just doesn't make any sense at all. She should have found some non violent way to get retribution for her husband, such as try to find out who did it and bring charges on them. Going to the extreme to kill yourself along with other people was an extreme and wrong decision to make. I am not saying that people should kill themselves, but if she was going to do it because she could not bear the loss of her husband she should have just done it to herself and left the innocent out of it. There is no need to bring others down with you. This woman obviously needed some counseling, because if she could have just learned to deal with her pain and let go, not only could her life have been saved, but the lives of others as well. I just could never understand what kind of mental state you would have to be in to go into a situation with the knowledge that you are definitely going to die in a couple of minutes. I don't even know how she could have stayed focused enough to go through with the attack. I would be the most apprehensive person in the world if I was in that situation. That is why I could never do it. Plus I don't believe in answering violence with more violence. That only furthers the problem and makes you just as bad as the people that you are so opposed to.

Interesting question, I never really thought about this before, I dint really learn much from Sam about race, but I got to know of other people opinion about. For me as an International student it is more important to understand how people of other racial backgrounds think about this issue rather than racial awakening. Also some of the stuff that he spoke about women and stereotypes got me thinking about how judgmental people can be. Personally I would never be able to talk about such a sensitive topic in front of 700 students, so i learnt how to deal with such a sensitive topic.

I can understand that why this is a very sensitive issue for some people. Exploiting women to create entertainment dosen't really help the world move forward. I think it is really sick and disgusting how this is still taking place in the world, but this is not going to stop by us sitting here an thinking so. I mean that the people who enjoy this kind of stuff are still going to continue producing it and if people would not have accepted this, these games would not have become so popular. We have to understand that the world outside America is not exactly how we expect it to be, women arent treated the same way as men or they do not demand equal treatment in all parts of the world, even when we say the times are changing and that women are being treated more and more as equals, it is not he same around the world. This is through personal experience that I can say that in the middle east and southern Asia, women n aren't treated the same way as around the world. They are always considered inferior to men.
I think that the only thing we can do about the production of these videos is to control its spread. The internet is a very susceptible to this kind of frenzy, rather than helping the control its spread, it is a medium through which games like these are spread. This also has its advantages as people have become aware of what is going on in the world.
I dont know if this is the appropriate example, but the way china controls the media, is something that we should understand, maybe it is a little extreme but the spread of such games should most definitely controlled. Maybe adults would understand the vulgar content in the games, but children would not understand the importance of respecting a woman. This could have a very negative effect on the future of the child. Games have a very profound impact on the growth of the child, and if a game has an objective of raping a woman, which a child playing the game is trying to acquire is very disturbing.

This was a very interesting point that was brought up. Most of the countries around the world do not have welfare. Coming from a developing country like India, I am not really familiar with the welfare given by the government and its necessity. I think that the american people would never let the government not give welfare. I personally believe that welfare is not really necessary and that people who are benefiting from welfare would be able to continue leading a normal life in this society.

I think that multi-racial people are who they want to be, they cannot be forced to follow or be a certain race. I saw a video a couple of days ago of a comedian named ' Russell Peters' he said that he was born in Canada but he is of Indian origin, both his parents are from India. He says that since he was born in a predominantly black community, his daily actions are more like like white or black people than Indian. He says he is racially Indian but culturally he is Canadian. I think the culture that one was brought up in plays a big role in who people want to be when they grow up.