I am sure that all of you heard about the RIAA suing people for taking music without permission, and how Warner Music Group and Viacom have attacked Youtube, and made Youtube remove videos that somehow violated their laws.

Well, I have an account on Youtube, so when I log in and look at my favorites videos (the majority of which are anime), I keep finding that people keep on removing them for no reason-other than copyright infringment.

Face it. Most of the TV airing on networks sucks right now. With all the shows like "Survivor", "Jersey Shore", and other trash, it has been going downhill. So many good channels that I liked have gone bad.

There are two I'd like to discuss: Cartoon Network, and Toon Disney. Cartoon Network was established in the '90's by Ted Turner, and was the first network to show all cartoons. The shows ranged from Scooby-Doo to Cow and Chicken and to anime.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F1d3QWsyk0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2qBXIAUn5Y

Is it just me, or have many people forgotten how to laugh? With such serious things going on in the world today, can't we remember how to laugh? How to enjoy ourselves in the face of crisis like the uprising in Libya, the Japan crisis, and global warming?

This is probably along the line of what Charlie Chaplin was thinking when he made the movie, "The Great Dictator." He wanted people to enjoy themselves despite hardship, and most of all, keep humanity intact, as shown in this movie.

Today is his birthday.