Ted Talk Response #2 (our own choice)

I watched a video by Peter Gabriel. He talked about his project called WITNESS. They give cameras to human rights activists and people to film injustice going on. He talked about how you can say as much as you want, that people are lying and its not true but when you have real footage showing injustice, there is nothing else to be said. I can relate to this alot. I have a very close friend that went through a horrible time, and because there is no evidence, justice cannot be served. If we could catch those treating people bad, maybe they wouldn't do it as much. Something I liked about his video was that it wasn't something you would expect. Who would think that giving people cameras to catch injustice on film would be someones passion? Its a pretty smart idea though. I think that is a big thing I have learned from these ted talks. Its not about just talking to sound smart, its about telling people something that we don't think about everyday. It's about showing people that there are things in life that are important that we need to pay attention to and help. Peter Gabriel showed two videos. The first one told horrific stories of young women and men in Uganda suffering from the civil war. To hear there stories about being raped and beaten gave me something to think about, it gave me inspiration to change things like this. In the end, that's how you can judge a successful ted talk, if you took something away from it.
However, I don't know if his presenting style was something I would use. He was sitting which did make it seem very relatable and easy to listen to but he didn't always seem passionate about what he was talking about. I think he was more nervous, or so it seemed. It was hard to completely be inspired because he didn't seem as inspired. I liked how it was casual and I liked the real life videos, they gave it a real aspect that made the audience realize these things were realities that we can help.