“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.” ― George Bernard Shaw

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[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And what use do they deem acceptable? What if those in power are degenerates and you do not want to provide any substance for their bombing campaigns or militarism? Such broad statements can encompass anything and give too much power to people like Shaw or his favorite tyrants.

No there are other videos on this. It is him saying this. Was Shaw your idol or something. If so, I'm sorry.

[–]infpmmxx 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Verifying the quote and video does not indicate my support for this guy. Quite the opposite, in fact.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know, i was being sarcastic. I know a lot of Shaw lovers and they'll never look into his eugenics Fabian connections. I guess everyone, even evil people say some truth some of the time. So, one can still quote from him. I just find some of his views to be very offputting.

[–]infpmmxx 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seems like he has a lot of apologists.

Anyway, from what I can tell, the video seems legit. Shaw even makes the same point again in a separate essay:

"What we are confronted with now is a growing perception that if we desire a certain type of civilization and culture we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it".