Welcome to Rio – is nicely narrated and seems very even handed, it doesn’t waste time dwelling on obvious poverty, when its clear that in fact some people, who are poor are better at enjoying life than those who are rich. In some parts of latin america as I myself have experienced, though there is poverty there is also often a bit more freedom, community and family to compensate for it, life can be hard but it can also be good, it is usually the state of the mind, that makes the larger difference in the battle for life.

A realistic portrayal of the practicalities of an industry, before environmental awareness really kicked in, and how the harvest of natures time created stock of whales can be liquidated into money on an industrial scale, this documentary tells the history well and brings in the human aspects of it also. Well made and stimulating.

a realistic documentary about dog baiting / fighting
tiresome to se that such primitive tradition we outlawed is being effectively resurrected by what at least in this documentary by accent appeared foreign immigrants to this culture.

This documentary failed to qualify the needed point that the police confiscate the dogs and are prepared to return them after having chemically castrated them and chipping them, but most dog baiters would prefer them put down. Truth is that dogs that have been trained to be vicious are a danger to the wider society.

Sport that involves violence of one creature in our charge against another in our charge, that cannot in words decide for themselves- and trusts often without reservation is a crime, its an abuse of the loyalty of animals.

We do not need to encourage further and further aggression in our society and this set of people their mindset and their so called sport is something to be discouraged, I Guess in their subconscious mis-functioning mindsets they are trying to attach themselves deeper to our culture by resurrecting some grim old english sport, but its a fallacious idea and of little merit.or maybe theyre genuinely degenerate enough to enjoy the aggressive bloodlust itself

aggression ruins this world and is not to be openly or by accident increased or promoted, this program though critical, is strangely often also a form of promotion and attention.

Nepotism aside

Dubious research, presumptions and statements, re-enacted – suspect dialog ? what evidence do we have for half the statements in this program. How can we prove what William did or didn’t know – he might have arranged for Alfred to fight one of William’s norse relations up north ? remember the Norman’s had been in normandy for not much longer than a 100 years – normans norse men north men = vikings, that went south conquered and set up a state of feudal privilege in that region of france, transplants with a delusion of grandeur

“the papal banner reminded the normans god was on their side” ? – what shit is this

When are we gonna stop having history programmes on TV that delve into improvised drama re-enactment including dialog from 1000 year previous combatants – like its reality tv. When will these programs have to put their references at the end ?