Stephen Fry on cancel culture, morality and ties | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan 

Das ist sehr gut. Ich bin English und ich spreche Denglish lol Stephen Fry ist gut, he speaks clearly and slowly

Well done you 👍👍👍🇬🇧🥂🇩🇪

Yes, Stephen Fry is one of those national treasures who speak clearly his beautiful English and he has something to tell us.

❤👍👍Excellent

Hope you're better now ❤

an extraordinary raconteur indeed!

I remember when he and I were much younger and when he wasn’t this pleasant, this accomodating, wise and polite but pushy-er and a bit more arrogant… He aged nicely, I love how he is now

bcoz he talks so much tbh

I think it could be due to him decided he would be true to himself firstly and in general go through life &be honest, there is some really good books about him on Audible,like a biography I suppose of course he has then narrated them ,there well worth a look.

Indeed. Was telling my wife only this morning that he would be my perfect Christmas guest. Who better to cook with and sit down to eat with than he? Stephen, if you read this and fancy Xmas in France, hi. We have a spare room. Fanciful and unlikely I know, but worth a try.

But have you watched Black Adder? Heck of a comedian as well!

True raconteur for sure…and a great actor,comedy or otherwise.

He's an absolute national treasure

An incredibly intelligent man meet him once, but never tye of listening to him.

@@richardscally694 Lugubrious is a word I would use to describe him.

Too true, but then he defends this thing that policy, advertising, and free flow of information is and has directly been impacted by this radical vocal minority. Which I find very odd, given that he *is and has been outspoken against political correctness, which is precisely what the social media mobs enforce and congregate in.

And I used to really love graffiti on bathroom walls back when it was witty, wise and not hateful and cruel. Like, “Imagine climbing the ladder of success and finding it w as leaning against the wrong wall.”

Ive been trying to broaden my horizons

Dang, that's harsh man! A fine way to call it a crapper

'We need to listen to each other more'

I love Parky & Cavett, only discovered Cavett recently and watch his shows on YT.

What a lovely comment, thank you!

Being an effective chat show host requires a very special skill and absence of narcissism that enables them to encourage and allow the interesting guests to talk and take the conversation on unanticipated paths. I've not seen this fella before, but he seems to have that skill. Mind you, once Stephen starts talking it can be difficult to stop him. Not that I'm complaining. I could listen to him all day. Hosts like Graham Norton, who I find entertaining, for the most part don't have intelligent guests. They have 'celebrities' whose sole purpose is to promote their latest 'whatever'. There's no point encouraging, allowing or expecting any unanticipated intelligent or even informative discussion from them.

Very much on the nose with this. The best hosts are those that make themselves a blank canvas for the guest to paint on, rather than the now increasingly common US style host who's constantly trying to grab the brush.

@@SkavlanTV As a Canadian who has recently discovered you, I agree. You have the confidence and the security to let your guests feel free to be themselves and thus share the most interesting stories. Thank you.

Except Stephen totally dominated the conversation like he always does!

@@plica06 it’s almost as if this was his segment…

@@plica06 you massive idiot

@@plica06 Cause this is an interview of Stephen Fry, lol.

I wanted to hear more from the other guests too

For sure... a wonderful soul a friend to all

It would be so happy and peaceful.

The UK is part of the globe.

I live in Australia (originally from UK) and reasonably well travelled. Not as much as some but just enough to hear those who's first language is something other than English actually speak English far better than a lot of English people. It's a national embarrassment where not only are the various dialects not in keeping with English at an international standard, but the degree of 'lazy' speech that arbitrarily removes letters and fuses two or three word to make one!

well, if the woke lefties hadn't deliberately dumbed down our education system & standards, then you'd have nothing to be ashamed about !! Plus, English is one of the easiest languages to learn so.... Stop crawling, it's so embarrassing.

I love Stephen Fry, even more after this interview. Nice job on this one, Mr. Skavlan.

@@iociccio936 what an absurd statement

@@iociccio936 That's strange. Because he speaks very highly of you.

Read his autobiographies they are wild.

Indeed, he barely ever pauses on remarking!

So eloquently said.

Such eloquence in you comment that eloquence of Stephen Fry.

That is so true. He has such astonishing range and seems impelled by an unquenchable thirst to know about everything in the universe. Definately one of my favourite Brits.

That's because he's not American.

Yes, CharlieMason is correct, but it goes further than that. The production seem to have deliberately chosen an inarticulate, self-effacing person, whose name will, perhaps, appear later on. Incidentally, isn't it strange how S.F. seems to be the one person on earth to whom it's a pleasure to listen.

@@ripdbtpoo1441 what?

Oh you are so lucky to have met him. I think he is the most gorgeous person alive and I hope he lives more than 20 years

Does somebody have the sick bucket?

​@@joetotale6354I'm seeing more people agreeing than being sickened by that comment.

@@RM-ti8nf Stephen has his admirers, bless them all.

I think it has been said that this show is inspired by Parkinson.

he supports Insulate Britain so count me out. All part of the elite left-wing mobs that are making our lives a misery.

I have literally listened to Stephen Fry talk for hours and hours but it's nice to see him Not with a script. He is such a smart man and a very good sport.

He's done many audiobooks, highly recommend!

Exactly Defund BBC.

i would just sit staring my mouth agog at his brilliance though lol

When i was younger i was so shallow and thought it was all about looks to be attractive to people but how wrong I was as it's all about the ability to relate to people by talking. Stephen Fry is an exceptional conversationalist for sure.

I loved the debate between Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Fry and Anne Widdecombe and some African cardinal guy. When Hitchens said he would trust Stephen Fry to look after his own children and tell his children they are lucky to know him... then he said he would never leave his children with priests or the church lol

I'm a straight conservative man. A few years back, I had the absolute pleasure of working with Mr. Fry for a whole summer. He was so intelligent, thoughtful, funny and most of all kind and generous. I'll never forget that experience.

I would rather have all my teeth pulled without anaesthetic

Wasn't expecting that ....😂

Good point he should be

National treasure? How dare you keep him all to yourself! The man is a world treasure.

Humble genius

He is an intelligent man who also enjoys the things the average joe enjoys such as football and darts.

Any subject can be interesting, as long as you find the right person to talk about it. ;)

Thank you!

He is a great host. Let's the guests speak! And Stephen Fry is an incredible guest. So interesting, intelligence and great storyteller

You really were a wonderful host who brought the best out of your guests. Can only thank you for this pleasure because I watch Anything Stephen Fry is on and can tell you he hasn't been any chatshow in uk for many years where he's so relaxed in such good company able to be his wonderful self 👏👏👏👏👏👏What a pleasure 🙏

@@iociccio936 give it up, no one gives a shit about your deluded opinions

Unfortunately, unlike a lavatory wall, it's never cleaned.

@@trueaussie9230 good one.

Sadly, there are indeed university students (US) who arethe savage type that Stephen has been lucky enough not to meet

yeah its great the way that afrikan culture has not invaded the purity ....

I actually stopped the video to write that sentence into my notebook. It’s always inspiring to listen to Stephen Fry, he’s a master of intelligent speech

What, is he quitting his show?

@@donnabaardsen5372 Ditto that. What??? I love him more with each clip I watch!

What? He's the only decent chat host in Europe!! He can't stop

wait...he's leaving the show?? Why? So refreshing to watch his show.

Yes folks, I looked this up and it appears this will be the last season 😥😥

Well said His sexuality is probably the least interesting thing about him. He is so much more than just a sexuality.

@@Rasscasse if your sexuality is your most defining feature, you are an incrediblly boring person.

I could listen to him speak for hours, his sexualty is his choice and respect that.

That's a great interviewing trick. People do not like silence when being interviewed and will continue talking to fill the air, waiting for a cue that they are finished . If the person has interesting things to say, often times you get a gem or an overshare or something deeper than rote conversation.

Apart from the time he told an alleged right wing guest that they wouldn't last 5 minutes in Sweden. How tolerant.

Depends on the guest.

"simply listening to him talk is a form of music" .. perfectly said, love how you phrased that! xx

It's incredible how he can pull words and stories from his mind instantly on any subject he gets asked. The brain is just like any other part of the body, the more you exercise it the more it improves and Fry has helped this along by reading so many books in his life. Sadly i spent this time playing PlayStation games haha.

@@beachlife2968 you and me both, brother. expect I play PC games

But certainly he can act. I wonder if he could act like a person who could sing?

rap is a form of music, i wonder if he could rap

he supports Insulate Britain, so not that compassionate.

he is considered a national treasure here in Britain for that very reason

..hes had many great Lovers as well ...dont forget Them ....

@@krishnan-resurrection714 how is that relevant to us?

,,unless you want to go back to primordial AfriKA That is ......

Eeek.....

LoL, the face of humility...

Should be PM

Isn't this what clowns are supposed to do?

a royal court-jester indeed ! . . . . . .😆

@@terryperring104 - He seems far too intelligent and good to be involved in politics. :-)

Stephen Fry has a condition called Bipolar.... He has a constant fight against symptoms such as depression and is helped a lot with the medications that he is taking. He is a very rare creature indeed.....a very fine example of a good person.

I was you thinking the same.Such a funny and interesting man whose opinions I regard to be far more worthy of my time than 99% of people yet he himself has questioned his worthiness to the brink of suicide.Glad he's still with us.

What I wonder on this subject is if MR. Fry would have such a profound insight on the human nature without experiencing the darkest side of life. I guess he would have, having lived so many lifes through reading, but still. But the thing I admire the most is his dominion of the word, to the extent that he can express what he feels in a way that we can understand him and incorporate those experiences to our life. FYI: English is not my native language so I apologize if there are grammar/semantic mistakes. Greetings from Argentina.

@@Melisadz How wonderful you are.

@@Melisadz Don't ever offer an apology in the future. That was articulated perfectly!

I think he's a little off on that description, or at least a little one-dimensional. I take his point that social media is predominantly pointless ramblings with little function, so in that sense he's certainly correct, but it misses the point that most people get their news and political opinions directly through social media channels, which makes it an extremely influential arena with wide ranging impacts in the real world. If a scientist is banned from social media for disagreeing with establishment ideas (which is an act that is the specific purview of a scientist), if a lie is perpetuated by spread on Facebook, or an ugly political truth hidden by censorship on Twitter, those are hugely impactful acts which can radically shape a society by controlling the flow of information.

Making us the people who use it,........ fill up as you please....

@@alexandergr7995 ...pricks 😆😁😅

He hasn't been knighted (yet).

It gets said a lot, but I truly mean it when I say Stephen Fry is a magical man. One of a kind. Definitely worth seeing more of!

What a great idea to compare Fry to Ustinov: I’ve also been a massive fan of the latter…

A gay man's affinity?

His mock outrage over alleged cancel culture is nauseating. He ought to shut up.

Same here, I could listen to him all day. He is a fascinating curious person, so interested in the world around him. What I love about this show is none of the guests are plugging their latest movie / album / book/ etc.. etc..; the usual marketing rubbish. Just a good interesting conversation.. 10/10.. xx

@@richardduplessis1090 Wow! What has a person's sexuality got to do with his intellect? You display your narrow-minded bigotry.

@@richardduplessis1090 The fact that he is gay has nothing to do with it.

He's right in the sense of it as being largely uninformed or partisan nonsense, but it misses the huge impact on society of everyone getting their news through social media channels, which control the flow of the information people are permitted to see, hear, and share.

good job! enjoy!

He's not intelligent. "The humanist view of the meaning of life is different. Humanists do not see that there is any obvious purpose to the universe, but that it is a natural phenomenon with no design behind it. Meaning is not something out there, waiting to be discovered, but something we create in our own lives." Stephen Fry Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JiMqzN_YSXU.html The odds are NOT there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W1_KEVaCyaA.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yW9gawzZLsk.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ddaqSutt5aw.html

He richly deserves fans like yourself.

@@joetotale6354 as I showed, he deserves to be laughed at as the doofus he is.

or wide opened, in the case of Marianne :)

There have never been too many raconteurs in my experience. Fry, David Niven, Peter Ustinov, Kenneth Williams at a push, but other than them there isn't that many that I am aware of. They spring up occasionally and there will be more in future. Whether the format is there as a platform for them or not is another issue.

You can go wrong taking him seriously. "The humanist view of the meaning of life is different. Humanists do not see that there is any obvious purpose to the universe, but that it is a natural phenomenon with no design behind it. Meaning is not something out there, waiting to be discovered, but something we create in our own lives." Stephen Fry Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JiMqzN_YSXU.html The odds are NOT there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W1_KEVaCyaA.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yW9gawzZLsk.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ddaqSutt5aw.html

@@2fast2block Looks like Stephern's Friars left the building just when the conversation was getting interesting. How convenient for the entitled snowflakes.

@MarkKingston. Don’t forget Orson Welles. Probably one of the most interesting people to ever live.

@@jeffjacobson59 the subject was Stephen and I showed what a dolt he is. Some things I read on Wells is that he didn't believe in God but I don't know for sure.

Amen, and amen. I was picked upon but after ignoring threats I punched the lights out of my aggressor, and no trouble after that. Learning is amazing, and when I left school I had read all the library books in the school, and the village library, and still eclectic in reading, which is the greatest piece of exercise anyone can do, but few actually do, and in Stephen Fry I notice a fellow student in the way he speaks, whilst being down to earth, the practical, and not like some of the fine speakers that are dished up to us in parliament

Aside from the being made fun of at school (he never said this way or that), you sound a lot like my father, who claims he can't learn languages and then reads news in Latvian to me and expects me to understand. :D He can also give out info on all sorts of subjects. You'd think, from the surface, that he's all about natural sciences; and then he goes and tells you all about a 19th century architect you'd never heard of before, and you find out he's seen a number of his creations in out-of-way places already. That sort of thing. I'd be interested in the Tasmanian devils. ;-)

@@beth12svist wow I've been to Latvia but used Russian while there. It's such a cool language😍 but there's just not enough time. Does your dad plan trips around seeing these creations? I found a site for locating artists which helps me stalk them on travels. I need someone like that in my life because (un)surprisingly, not many people want to discuss these things but at least I found a Tasmanian Devil fan!

@@amysanchez3699 He speaks Russian in Latvia as well - his Latvian is more passive than active. Still, he just soaks up languages like a sponge and then reads things in them! I'm honestly not sure how he does any of it - but a lot of it is Wikipedia these days. The Prague Zoo has new Tasmanian devils, they "unveiled" them during the lockdowns and I've been watching their videos of them. :-) I don't know much about them but I got curious!

@@beth12svist I used to live in Prague and that zoo is phenomenal. Whenever life returns to normal, I'll definitely go back. Thank you for the good news!

You can watch RU-vid on tv nowadays. I don’t watch television programs, but I have a TV and I watch all my online content there, and it’s marvelous!

@@becausemiro I picked up a Roku stick during the first few weeks of the pandemic. One of my best investments of 2020!

...and so incredible ... as a Lover . . . .Amen !!!! . ... .Hallelujah .. ..

american TV is for kids

NOT brilliant. "The humanist view of the meaning of life is different. Humanists do not see that there is any obvious purpose to the universe, but that it is a natural phenomenon with no design behind it. Meaning is not something out there, waiting to be discovered, but something we create in our own lives." Stephen Fry Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JiMqzN_YSXU.html The odds are NOT there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W1_KEVaCyaA.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yW9gawzZLsk.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ddaqSutt5aw.html

@@2fast2block Sheer rubbish. There is no evidence whatsoever to support the notion of a god. Which god? There have been quite few over the years. Different imaginary friends for different people in different ages. Roman gods, Greek gods, Norse gods etc. Spoilt for choice really. They are all equally ridiculous.

They figured it out on 2021??? Was it not known like 2000 years ago?

Totally agree - I love it 🥰

It did this time.

I don't always agree with everything he says but he is terrifyingly talented and articulate.

But he can't pronounce foreign words

I like that phrase you use; ‘manufactured outrage’ 👍

The perfect sample of brilliant improvised humour!

You do, they're just not in prime time, you have to hunt them out on out of the way channels at weird times of day, you just think of the late night ones because they're the only ones you hear of.

I'm in America and instead of good questions they are like reality shows which I abhor. This is my favorite.

@@iociccio936 To which god are you referring? Zeus, Horus, Thor? Yahweh, Allah, Jehovah? Pick your favourite, Cici.

❤❤❤🧡🧡🧡❤❤🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😘😘😘

Love and Fry to you ....

Wonderful to hear ❤️

Siamese if you please,siamese if you dont please x

Yes, keep out of America if you want that.

I have to be honest I had to look up the word erudite. Glad I did.

Yes it’s a shame that so much media panders to this idea that nobody has the intelligence to follow a conversation for more than a few seconds.

Chris Winter dude in this clip, everyone spoke 3 seconds except for Fry who went on for 3 hours non stop

Hello, how are you

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Bazinga! :-)

I really love Stephen but I think he is underestimating the strength of social media on the average persons life. If social media was just understood as the lavatory wall that would be fine, but we have corporations who pander to it, political biases of the platforms themselves, we even had a president of the united states use it as one of his primary communication platforms. And he communicates this idea of openness which is all good, I am a centre left liberal, I believe in liberal openness and progress. But openness can also lead to regress, and I think it should be said that people who are worried at some of the social changes being influenced into our culture shouldn't simply be disregarded because they are not open or conservative. We should be open to refined and quality new ideas, not every idea.

The way that Stephen Fry does not believe cancel culture exists as the media/tabloids portray it. What on earth are you talking about with how all these people will not be allowed somehow in conversations, it may be how the internet works but generally in real life, that’s not what happens. I hardly see weeping, screeching “triggered” people in real life unless they were seriously in need of medical assistance. People just speak in hypotheticals not based in reality and somehow it’s seen as intellectual because you use a bunch of jargon that conveys nothing but pretentiousness. Lol.

And the fact that there’s duality amongst all these historical figure just shows that: they were imperfect people. I don’t think that wokeness has cancelled all of these dust particles because they are not going to ever be taken out of history books, their impacts, legacies, censored, being erased, etc. In fact, I fear that sensitive people who can’t holistically see that history is messy, violent, and all around “not safe” for children will be the death of their legacy. People calling for the revision of history books and the education system itself because they absolutely refuse to face the bloody, messy side of history and want to sanitize it further for the younger generations. People can have whatever reaction they want and choose to not engage with things they disagree. I don’t agree that people should be pushed to erase things entirely, for example, Gandhi’s racist remarks and whatnot. People throughout history are flawed, but I don’t think we should be seeing them as these pure beings who did nothing wrong. I can admit that Gandhi did powerful, impactful things, but I’m not gonna say that shit that he’s done with young women or the slurs he said weren’t a part of him, and that I don’t think that it was wrong. Doing so would be erasure.

@@tarepandakuma Sadly, "cancel culture" does exist and examples of it appear by the day. Mr. Fry might be in denial, but the reality in before him. Marks & Spencers have just renamed "Midgit Gems" (a small harmless sweet) because it "triggered" a lecturer in 'Disability Studies' at Liverpool Hope University who believed that the term might offend "little people." English students at Aberdeen University now have a "trigger warning" on copies on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel 'Kidnapped' stated "WARNING: The book contains scenes of abduction." These are but small examples and yes, they are reported in the media, but they illustrate exactly what sort of madness that is taking over. To deny this is simply to plunge your head into the sand.

I think his point wasn't that liberal thinkers aren't woke, but that woke is a tabloid term that is used to discredit these new ideas. He talks about how woke people expressing these ideas aren't the way media portrays them.

Oh Stephen Fry is absolutely the top 3 humans I've ever encountered..without having a personal encounter. I'VE never met him,seen him personally even, but every moment I've listened to his words..I'm left in no doubt..if the world was made up even ONLY HALF WAY of people like Stephen Fry,what an absolutely wonderful world we would inhabit..

He's so cool. And like him I like to travel and buy neckties (or pocket squares more so now in the world of business casual). He's a very cool guy and a GREAT narrator, who cares if he can't sing

He looks great. Finally congruent as the wise old philosopher

@@iociccio936 are you okay there ?

@@zenoofcaledonia2439 Smart? Yes. Wise? No.

I love this show too, I live in the USA since 1994, used to live in Belgium.

You'd be surprised how many people hate him No idea why I think he's ace

True hero, yes...He is changing the planet with his hard work, talking on talk shows..

@@alexandergr7995 Unless you want to change the world one mind at a time, you need to broadcast via a channel people will actually watch. This is the ONLY way to change the world.

@@whataheapofpish Yes I am broadcasting on all wavelengths but people willfully ignore my message, they do not care to change....Still, you misread my comment. He changes the world, sure, but to whose benefit, UK, the media moguls that employ him and the bankers of the city of London? Because they are the pinnacle of justice, law, good will and morality?Is Stephen Fry a paragon of morality because, he knows stuff by reading them, as opposed to the rest of us? I guess he might be "their" hero , but we need to be clear whose hero he is, because apparently every single organism nowadays is a hero... Men like Hitler changed the world too, he was someone's hero as well then ..He speaks of banishing the Christian God who sacrificed himself to make our lives better , then mocks sacrifice (i.e heroism) and yet does not banish himself as the all-knowing morality speaking God he turned himself into, with his followers, so now he presents himself as a hero for broadcasting his (or others?) opinion in his homecountry, as part of his job as a broadcaster, so basically he makes a sacrifice like the one he was mocking earlier?Why not broadcast also the opinions of those he fights against? A conflicted character like all of us , but most do not go that far out of their way to simply be a know-it-all and advertise themselves through their "intellectuallism", having little actual hard work or manual work , servicing other people than himself to back up such a behavior... Heros do not need to shine on videos and on TV (only as heros of movies i.e. actors), they shine outside of it. Though I admit that people on the spotlight do get targeted by their own gossip machines.... Personally, I changed some small part of the world by participating in international infrastructure projects , some for poor people, and it is a good enough channel, we literally build bridges as engineers... Too many people talk on shows and on the internet,and many of them are rich caring to change the world for their own benefit only... I am sure that a brilliant man can use his intellect more efficiently than with a few videos on youtube if he wants to..Heroism is many things but "that" does not really cut the definition so much..If it does, then all 7 billions of us are heros, a reality show celebrity is as much of a hero as he is....Just stating the obvious, in regards to your statement (not about him so much), people throw terms online words like heroism with little idea. You can use more suitable characterizations for him, like "influencer" or "intellectual" or "media person" or "actor" or simply "my/our hero", which is utterly acceptable, because to others (possibly including me), he consciously caused calculated damage (I cannot prove it of course), so in that case he might be even a villain... There are actual heros out there risking their lives for the rest of us, it does not do them much justice, but I guess he risks his life as well going against religions like Islam for example, though he does have the back of the entire western hemisphere and their war-machine that bombs their countries, so I am not sure who is at a great disadvantage and who more heroic... By the way, when I tried to use a bigger channel to change more ,the safety of my own personal environment was compromised, people got hurt, because I apparently do not serve the same interest that he does...Others ended up with a bullet in their head in the past as you well know. You are kidding yourself if you think that men like Stephen Fry are able or willing to actually go against the "bad" guys, unless you become the "bad" guy yourself..And I am pretty sure he would agree with the last part I wrote....In the end we all choose sides, so he is a hero of his side....My comment was simple, his side to me represents little heroism....

And i´m watching this again and i agree so much with him about sex and love. Finding a person i want to be with is a great goal in life.

I first saw her on Wallandet