April 13, 2010

Joss Whedon & Stephen Fry Discuss Humanism

It's not suprising that Joss Whedon is a genius in the art of speech-giving, considering his talent for writing dialogue. If you haven't seen his acceptance speech for Equality Now, I suggest you check it out. It gives me hope for the male of the species. So, when I heard that Whedon received an award from Harvard for depictions of Humanism in his work, I immediately began hunting on youtube for the footage. It was pretty easy to track down. If you are interested in the subject, as I am, give it a watch.




Interestingly, once I found this footage, I also found a link to Stephen Fry (another person I get fangirly about) talking about—that's right—Humanism. No wonder I love both these guys so much.



Two very different voices, but the same message. Makes me proud to be a fangirl.

2 comments:

maureen said...

Though I am not a humanist myself, I am a lover of Joss Whedon and like to consider myself tolerant of views that I do not hold as my own.

I enjoyed the speech VERY much so totally agree with him on the education and free thinking thing.

His ending lines were about the only thing I disagree with. I think there is proof of the existence of a higher power out there. But, you know, to each their own.

Lisa said...

To each their own is definitely right. And wouldn't the world be boring if it wasn't?

I'm glad you enjoyed it, even if you don't agree with the belief (or lack of). Did you check out his speech for Equality Now? I know you can get behind that.