Dear all,
Yesterday I was reading my father's favourite magazine and I came across a little article about this video. So I decided to search for it on You Tube and what I found was really shocking!
Please take a look at it and let me know what you think. I believe that it was created by one of Barack Obama's supporters. The video shows a scaring ad against Hillary Clinton. They show her as a crazy oppressor while talking in front of an audience made up of slaves. You get the impression you are watching either one of those scaring movies about future dictatorship or about concentration camps. What is even more shocking is that they used a speech she really told in front of the U.S. people in 1984 but the images are so strong that you won't be able to say anything by the end of it.
I can understand that there is a political competition between the two candidates but I think that this video is a bit too excessive. I really can't understand why the author has been so cruel also taking into consideration that they are part of the same political party.
There is nothing else I can say about it but I'm waiting for your comments.. Especially Sarah's one! I'm looking forward to reading and understanding how an American person feels in front this video!
I had never entered youtube.com before Tuesday morning though I had heard a lot about it.
Wow! It is terrific! You can find videos dealing with everything. I wrote words in different languages on the "search box" and it always found videos that corresponded to my tags from all over the planet!
The videos may be funny, unbelieveble, shocking and dangerous as well. I bet you have heard about those videos recorded by teenagers while they are in class..This is one of the sites in which they put all their "garbage" that can be easily reached by the others. I'm afraid that the more young people watch these videos the more they emulate one another thus doing stupid things again and again.
In addition I think that youtube is very interesting because you can share your personal experiences with people from all over the world. As always, I do apprecite the fact that you can leave a comment so you can get in touch with people without being just captive audience.
You can choose to create a "closed" group and invite just a limited number of people. This is useful for all those who live far from their families and friends because they can continue sharing their lives with them.
Youtube is an interesting educational tool as well. You can find videos dealing with educational subjects that may help you with what you are learning. Students of languages may find everything they want to improve their linguistic skills because nothing is more effective than listening to oral speeches.
What I liked most of this site is the presence of funny videos. Sometimes I found myself wondering how it is possible that people are so crazy!
Once again I must say that this week e-tivity has been useful and interesting...perhaps this time it was a bit funnier than last weeks..
I'm really waiting for reading your comments on the video because it really shocked me.
Have a nice weekend and Happy Easter to all of you!
yours Alida
6 commenti:
Dear Alida, thanks for suggesting this video, which I found very interesting. It seems the Obama supporters are implying that if Hillary Clinton became president, the USA would turn into a 1984 reality. It's obviously scary and meant to impress people;
freedom is clearly a very important value for Americans.
On the other hand, political campaigns can be vicious, tense and unfair (rememeber how unnerving it was between Prodi and Berlusconi?). I tried to imagine the same video with Berlusconi (or Prodi) instead of Mrs Clinton, but on the whole I can't say I would be so shocked about it.
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dear Alessandra,
I'm really happy that you aprreciated the site I put on del.icio.us.
Moreover I want to thank you for the comment you left about the video.
Best greetings
Ali
Dear Alida,
once again I agree with Alessandra. Hillary Clinton is represented as a sort of "Big Sister" and the video is meant to shock people with its "1984" implications...anyway, thank you for you choice. I've learnt something more about the 2008 political campaign in the United States.
Cheers,
tina
Dear Alida,
I think that filtering videos is a problem. I mean, in Youtube you can find everything and there are many dangerous videos. I think that the one you chose might be excessive, but the Usa are a democratic country and everybody, in theory, has the right to say what they think. Moreover, political campaigns are unfair everywhere, I think. In Italy, during the elections we were daily bombed with satire and negative opinions from left and right.
Anyway, thanks for your video, it was very interesting and you're job very accurate!
Elena
Dear Alida,
I think that shocking videos exist in YouTube. Everything which is happening somewhere in the world in a moment can be "changed" and posted into Internet...Then we know the effects. This is in my opinion the negative side YouTube and Internet have; people don't use them to profit from them but only to "play" with these tools. Anyway, even bad and satiric videos can help us learn something more about our world and the poeple living on it.
Erica :)
Shocking video Ali!!!
It shows the greatest problem of youtube and the web on the whole that I pointed out on my post. Tools that could be very useful can become dangerous for everybody when used improperly - like this one.And people with weak personalities can easily be influenced by them...
alexandra
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