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Text Comments Out In YouTube "National Discussion" of Health Care

Posted by timothy on from the you-could-always-talk-with-your-friends-and-neighbors dept.

theodp writes "While the White House has invited the nation to Join the National Online Discussion on Health Care Reform, it is currently only accepting 20-30 second YouTube video responses — text comments have been disabled. Which raises a question: Should a video camera be the price of admission for participating in an open government discussion, especially when issues may hit those with lower incomes the hardest? BTW, the response-to-date has been underwhelming — 101 video responses and counting — and is certainly a mixed-bag, including a one-finger salute, a talking butt, a woman "Showing my Apples", and other off-topic rants and unrelated videos."

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  1. Re:You do not need a camera to post vids on youtub by rtfa-troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are the person who invented sending four line comments in powerpoints aren't you. Now we have your ID we are going to hunt you to the ends of the internet. You can't run and you can't hide. Our advance team is in Montréal already. They will be arriving at your home soon. Stay there so that at least you die surrounded by the things you know.

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    =~ s,(.*),<sarcasm>$1</sarcasm>,g if any_point_you_wish();