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June 4, 2010
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/01/Desmond_Tutu_Believing_in_the_Dignity_of_All
Archbishop Desmond Tutu argues that modern culture places too much of an emphasis on competitiveness and financial success. “We have seemed to ask, ‘Is it profitable?” he says. “We ought to have been asking, ‘Is it right?’”
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Special Address by Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu with John Hope Bryant, H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Pekka Himanen, and chaired by Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum. – World Economic Forum 2009
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu was elected and ordained the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and is currently the chairman of The Elders. Tutu is vocal in his defense of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed. Tutu also campaigns to fight AIDS, poverty and racism. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, and the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2007.
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June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
South Africa is not …
South Africa is not a culture of competition. Is a culture of murder and rape.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
A great man!! The …
A great man!! The thing is we are so attuned to this cutthroat compeition that we rarely pay heed to the inner voice which says the same as him
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
You are so right …
You are so right Desmond Tutu…
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Dr. Tutu is right! …
Dr. Tutu is right! Today we have what i term the Uber Competitor who will stop @ nothing to win! Get out of his/her way b4 you’re “road kill.” That little guttural shriek Tutu made expresses the attitude of these Uber Competitors, it’s like a rage in its intensity. FRIGHTENING!!! Yet, I understand that it’s part of the Creator’s (5)-Phase redemption plan; this current Phase-Phase ll-is to end w/Armageddon and the Messiah’s return. Only this makes Uber Competitor tolerable as it lends 2 Pll end.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Rachelgolem:
To …
Rachelgolem:
To value something besides material success does not equate to “soviet style collectives”.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Amen, Desmond Tutu.
Amen, Desmond Tutu.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Why don’t we take …
Why don’t we take another stab at Soviet style collectives. This way to the empty store, comrade!!!!
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
“Stomach ulcer …
“Stomach ulcer status symbol.” That’s so insightful!
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Of course not. Many …
and what I thought he meant was: Keep your focus on striving to become better at what you do, not on who you want to be.
Of course not. Many deserve respect, but you don’t need to become an archbishop to be respected (or acknowledged more to the point). And perhaps not all priests aspire to be archbishops…
Look, I don’t know enough about Mr.Tutu to comment on what his intentions were or were not. I was just trying to clarify what I thought he meant (and apparently I failed miserably.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Ain’t gotta be the …
Ain’t gotta be the best one,just be a good one.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Good man!
Good man!
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Are you saying all …
Are you saying all the priests who never got to be archbishop didn’t deserve respect?
Or, that Tutu had no ‘intention’ to be archbishop, and it just fell in his lap?
Disclaimer: I have no idea how priests are ‘promoted’, but I assume there is a hierarchy, and thus ‘competition’ to get to the top.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
If you live your …
If you live your life and do the things you do in a way that you can be respected, people will respect and sometimes even admire you without you actually striving for this. There is a distinct difference between striving to get to the top of your field (which I understand Archbishop Tutu is referring to as competition here) in other words setting out to ‘beat’ someone else, or just doing what you do and love best and thus ending up at the top… The difference is intention.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Ahh so you equate ” …
Ahh so you equate “enslaved” with working for a living, paying taxes and the government deciding where to spend the money it collected in tax revenue as it is its right to do in a representative democracy.
I don’t know what’s worse, your pathetic attempts at portraying yourself as a victim or your cheapening of the definition of “enslaved”.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
I used the word …
I used the word enslaved to mean that someone is putting a gun to my head when they take a portion of what I earn in order to give it to someone else who doesn’t work.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Didn’t he compete, …
Didn’t he compete, and get to the ‘top’ of his field, by becoming an archbishop?
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
I see the UDHR as a …
I see the UDHR as a thorwback to when idealism really existed in terms of government. I doubt any country would actually live by the letter of it. would be nice if they would, but few countries would cede enough power to make this a relaity. Religion is a misnomer, because people take leaps of faith, and support certain movements without any reasoned base upon which their belief is built. Humanity will always twist the “rules” in order to get what it wants, that is our way.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Yes the world can …
Yes the world can really use the portions of your $5.15 per hour.
I like how you use the term enslave as if someone is putting a gun to your head in order to work.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
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June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
This guy is a moron …
This guy is a moron. He’s married to a Moonie Korean women.
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
Think it’s that …
Think it’s that kinda thinking that is responsible for all of us having to work our buts off. Did you know that the Vatican owns half the worlds wealth? And the other half is owned by bankers.
A closed hand doesnt have to give, but also cant recieve. Sharingiscaring
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
google the ” …
google the “universal declaration of human rights”. If all ruling class adopted this, the world would be better off. I often think that religion is the curse and not the cure, no offence:-)
It’s just the way people bend the word of god to justify actions.
Also check out Amnesty International, great way to help people in need using your pc
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
“Tutu” is African …
“Tutu” is African for “sore loser” and “sheep testicles”
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
very well said
very well said
June 4th, 2010 at 2:34 am
frmo a religious …
frmo a religious point of view I understand what he is saying, but I don’t think that is much more than wishful thinking. I would rather eveyrone did what is right, but my definition of right is dictated by the bible, and his may be otherwise, so how do we find a mutually agreeable concept of right that everyone can adopt ?
I don’t think that is realistic. Only without choice could such a thing be enacted.