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07-15-2010, 05:26 PM
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Good find, really well made documentary. Yeah I was surprised he had the balls to go shoot up.
I knew we had that place "InSight" but damn, thats crazy.
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07-15-2010, 06:39 PM
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#52 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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what to do with the homeless?
south park style!!!!
"california
is nice to the homeless!
Californ-ya-ya
Super cool to the homeless
In the city
City of Santa Monica
Lots of rich people giving change to the homeless"
and just like that...all the homeless go to california
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07-15-2010, 06:51 PM
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07-15-2010, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by stewie  what to do with the homeless?
south park style!!!!
"california
is nice to the homeless!
Californ-ya-ya
Super cool to the homeless
In the city
City of Santa Monica
Lots of rich people giving change to the homeless"
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07-15-2010, 08:11 PM
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#55 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Originally Posted by rsx A system they can exploit and we're surprised that they're doing it? Geez. The government needs to tighten up.
Lots of homeless come to Vancouver because the weather is way more mild. They need to tag the homeless with a barcode and enforce provincial borders that way Vancouver doesn't get a shitload from back east or something. | More than a few of them get one way bus tickets from places like Alberta.
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07-15-2010, 09:10 PM
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surprised someone like him would do this unless he got paid for it.
the guy could be a model he definitely has the looks to be one.
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07-15-2010, 11:09 PM
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Thanks for the find. Excellent documentary. This is much more eye opening that the shitload of other documentary that just takes on a third person view.
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07-15-2010, 11:44 PM
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#58 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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This was quite insightful but what about organized crime and the drug dealers that push people to become addicted to drugs and feed off addicts to make money? This documentary does talk about mitigation and the cost to the city and addicts themselves but the root of the problems is barely discussed.
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07-15-2010, 11:56 PM
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#59 | | manage the cap you say????
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excellent documentary
maybe the guy went overboard by acutally trying heroin and crack
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07-16-2010, 03:28 AM
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#60 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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goddamn. i have little words after watching that
amazing, definite eye opener. the dude has balls, that's for sure.
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07-16-2010, 08:19 AM
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POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY. Holy shit.
watching it makes me feel so thankful for everything I have.
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07-16-2010, 09:37 AM
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I don't think he needed to shoot up etc. He wanted to. It was definitely an insightful documentary, but I don't like the manner in which he did it. He should be reporting the problems, not being involved in it himself. That for me seemed more of a narcisistic thing, like trying to earn some type of cred points or something.
Certainly drugs and mental illness are a HUGE problem. I mean, that one crackhead earned $400 a day just to shoot up.
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07-16-2010, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Valour I don't think he needed to shoot up etc. He wanted to. It was definitely an insightful documentary, but I don't like the manner in which he did it. He should be reporting the problems, not being involved in it himself. That for me seemed more of a narcisistic thing, like trying to earn some type of cred points or something.
Certainly drugs and mental illness are a HUGE problem. I mean, that one crackhead earned $400 a day just to shoot up. | You fail at watching this
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07-16-2010, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp You fail at watching this | care to elaborate instead of just trolling? It's really easy to troll u know.
Here's one:
Your mother failed at shitting so you came out instead.
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7seven: I really can't stand all these idiots who hit the gym now just because they watched 300 and want to be like a spartan. Case in point, this skinny guy comes into the gym the other day, must have only weighed ~ 140lbs, loads on 2 plates on the bench rack, mutters to himself, for sparta, unracks the barbell and proceeds to drop it directly on his chest.
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07-16-2010, 12:31 PM
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#65 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by Valour I don't think he needed to shoot up etc. He wanted to. It was definitely an insightful documentary, but I don't like the manner in which he did it. He should be reporting the problems, not being involved in it himself. That for me seemed more of a narcisistic thing, like trying to earn some type of cred points or something.
Certainly drugs and mental illness are a HUGE problem. I mean, that one crackhead earned $400 a day just to shoot up. |
That's like saying the dude from super size me shouldn't have committed to eating all those mcdonald meals and rather just report on the problem of obesity and such..is it not? It would not be as entertaining to watch and you don't really understand until you try things first hand for yourself. But I know what you are trying to say. He is just doing a documentary on homeless people, not drugs. However drugs do come hand in hand with homeless people (well sometimes??).
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07-16-2010, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Valour I don't think he needed to shoot up etc. He wanted to. It was definitely an insightful documentary, but I don't like the manner in which he did it. He should be reporting the problems, not being involved in it himself. That for me seemed more of a narcisistic thing, like trying to earn some type of cred points or something.
Certainly drugs and mental illness are a HUGE problem. I mean, that one crackhead earned $400 a day just to shoot up. | His idea is to show the streets to you in a first person fashion and first hand experience. Even though he didn't HAVE to do the heroin (in fact a long portion was spent discussing this), he explored the addiction first hand to show you how the drug just brittles the mind and, on top of risking of being addicted, doing this drug diminishes all hopes for the homeless to swim back upstream to live a more socially accepted lifestyle.
The way the whole documentary broke away from the heroin injection is probably planned because it is the climax and high point to the documentary where he does the "unthinkable" and it broke the film itself (breaking the 4th wall, in a sense)
Very well done documentary indeed.
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07-16-2010, 01:54 PM
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#67 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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I actually have a friend from Elementary school who is now a homeless schizo junkie down there. I feel horrible that he ended up like that, but nobody forced him to try crack, which triggered the psychosis/schizo, leading to more substance abuse.
They should be rounded up and sent to forced labor camps in the Yukon for re-education along with the rest of societal scum.
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07-16-2010, 02:41 PM
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I didn't say the documentary sucked. It certainly was insightful. However, my opinion was that doing the drugs was not necessary. I was subscribing to a more journalistic approach of observation rather than his activist method which was irresponsible and dangerous.
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7seven: I really can't stand all these idiots who hit the gym now just because they watched 300 and want to be like a spartan. Case in point, this skinny guy comes into the gym the other day, must have only weighed ~ 140lbs, loads on 2 plates on the bench rack, mutters to himself, for sparta, unracks the barbell and proceeds to drop it directly on his chest.
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07-16-2010, 04:46 PM
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#69 | | I'm better than you.
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Originally Posted by Valour I didn't say the documentary sucked. It certainly was insightful. However, my opinion was that doing the drugs was not necessary. I was subscribing to a more journalistic approach of observation rather than his activist method which was irresponsible and dangerous. | you cant say you wouldn't get addicted to crack, meth or heroine without trying it.
its like you saying you hate certain foods without trying it.
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