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Russell Brand on Revolution

FNG said:
By over romanticising their exploits,the stuff butchers was on about riding around the desert on horseback taking damascus ect, also he's got form dressing up as Osama Bin Laden the day after 9/11, seems like ligging up another anti american Islamicist nutjob.
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come come all that's in the past :mad: he's focussed the world's attention on the irish water charges and brought socialism to the masses like no one since peter doherty
 
butchersapron said:
Mentions of the god factor = zero.
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That's incorrect of Revolution, in fact he says it straight as an arrow on page 179.

'Heroin is an opiate; opiates are painkillers. I was in spiritual pain. I have come to believe that the reason i was using drugs was to treat a spiritual malady.'

If that is not a direct statement on using drugs as a replacement for 'God' I dont know what is.

And he goes on to say 'Does it sound a bit phoney when i say that in my Grand Prix of priapic glee I was actually seeking salvation? Does that sound like something you might hear in a Southern Baptist church or a South London gospel gathering - or worse, a treatment centre for drug addiction?'

and he adds 'My research in this area has been quite thorough and i'd say my findings are quite conclusive.'

Russell Brand may as well be talking to, or rather correcting you himself, butchers. And on page 35

'If you're looking for God, for salvation, for a connection, for sanctuary from the cuckoo self-incubating in you, and there's no map, no guide, no story, no folk memory of how we get there, sooner or later you'll pick up a bottle, a pipe or a brick.'

I do wonder whether butchers is deliberately bullshitting you all about reading Revolution. His factually incorrect comment about the God factor being 'zero' sounds like someone who definitely hasnt read this book (Russell talks a hell of a lot about God and religion throughout the book so i would say the God factor is quite high).
 
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I never said he didn't talk about God you muppet - the book is chock full of cack about god - but that he never talked about 'the god factor' as you claimed. At least I've prompted you to read the book now.

Transparent wriggle btw.
 
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This thread is really dumb....I'm leaving it now, i would rather engage with people who are informed and listen to each other than a bunch of daft cunts. Laterz.....
 
Cheesypoof said:
That's incorrect of Revolution, in fact he says it straight as an arrow on page 179.

'Heroin is an opiate; opiates are painkillers. I was in spiritual pain. I have come to believe that the reason i was using drugs was to treat a spiritual malady.'

If that is not a direct statement on using drugs as a replacement for 'God' I dont know what is.

And he goes on to say 'Does it sound a bit phoney when i say that in my Grand Prix of priapic glee I was actually seeking salvation? Does that sound like something you might hear in a Southern Baptist church or a South London gospel gathering - or worse, a treatment centre for drug addiction?'

and he adds 'My research in this area has been quite thorough and i'd say my findings are quite conclusive.'

Russell Brand may as well be talking to, or rather correcting you himself, butchers. And on page 35

'If you're looking for God, for salvation, for a connection, for sanctuary from the cuckoo self-incubating in you, and there's no map, no guide, no story, no folk memory of how we get there, sooner or later you'll pick up a bottle, a pipe or a brick.'

I do wonder whether butchers is deliberately bullshitting you all about reading Revolution. His factually incorrect comment about the God factor being 'zero' sounds like someone who definitely hasnt read this book (Russell talks a hell of a lot about God and religion throughout the book so i would say the God factor is quite high).
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'Heroin is an opiate; opiates are painkillers. I was in spiritual pain. I have come to believe that the reason i was using drugs was to treat a spiritual malady.'

I regard whisky as the one true Holy Spirit, white wine as holy water,by this time of night they've usually worked their spiritual magic.
Just wondering which father, grandfather/husband even, I can call up to regale them of their daughters, granddaughters,partners peccadillos involving my illustrious self?
Mind it has to be done on national radio to protect the privacy of those involved.
 
Mungy said:
what i understand rb to be doing is trying to get people to engage in activism in their community, be involved in things going on around us. if people did that - those who didn't know that their actions could make a difference - i think that would be a good thing. what am i missing?
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so a question to Brands supporters on this thread, what have you done that you wouldn't have done without Russell Brand, how has he inspired you to take action in your community in ways you werent before, which campaigns have you got involved with, meetings been to, actions done, protests organised because Brand inspired you?

because if he hasn't had this effect on his most ardent supporters and promoters then I dont hold out much hope for him having it on anyone else
 
smokedout said:
so a question to Brands supporters on this thread, what have you done that you wouldn't have done without Russell Brand, how has he inspired you to take action in your community in ways you werent before, which campaigns have you got involved with, meetings been to, actions done, protests organised because Brand inspired you?

because if he hasn't had this effect on his most ardent supporters and promoters then I dont hold out much hope for him having it on anyone else
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Has been said repeatedly, but I admire your attempt at succuincity, oh fuck it,where's the spell checker when you need it??
 
smokedout said:
so a question to Brands supporters on this thread, what have you done that you wouldn't have done without Russell Brand, how has he inspired you to take action in your community in ways you werent before, which campaigns have you got involved with, meetings been to, actions done, protests organised because Brand inspired you?

because if he hasn't had this effect on his most ardent supporters and promoters then I dont hold out much hope for him having it on anyone else
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i was already doing stuff. not big stuff, mostly helping individuals rather than groups of people - i live in a small village. there are wider things that i would get involved in were my personal circumstances different. that said, rb has given me a virtual kick up the bum and i decided to join the green party, i don't hold much hope for them taking many seats. i'm a traditional labour voter, but i just don't trust them to do right. i vote plaid here as second place is almost always tory and i would rather have plaid than tories. local councillor is liberal, i try not to hold it against him, as he is not actually a bad person.
 
OMG, a week later the chimps are still at it.

This thread is a prime example of the tabloid mentality at work. Proof being, the same snides are still gossiping about Russell Brand the celebrity whilst ignoring the call to action in another thread.

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/action-evict-westbrook-not-new-era-this-saturday.329952/

You consider yourselves activists?

Activists my arse!

You're just wasting bandwidth.

Cheesypoof said:
This thread is really dumb....I'm leaving it now, i would rather engage with people who are informed and listen to each other than a bunch of daft cunts. Laterz.....
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I'm with you Cheesypoof.
 
Diana9 said:
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This thread is a prime example of the tabloid mentality at work. Proof being, the same snides are still gossiping about Russell Brand the celebrity whilst ignoring the call to action in another thread.

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/action-evict-westbrook-not-new-era-this-saturday.329952/

You consider yourselves activists?

Activists my arse!

You're just wasting bandwidth.
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Prime example of you confusing posting on the Internet or not with activism again, more like.
 
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