A liberated Danny Shine permits me to release the uncensored version of his 'final' film

Danny's public megaphone performances always involve hard hitting words of truth spoken with a cheeky smile at a volume which is difficult to ignore and as a consequence he is very familiar with the police & security guards, known by him as "men in fancy dress".

When I met Danny for the first time earlier this year in London to spend the day filming, he told me about his latest court case and I shrugged it off as being just like all the rest, yet no more than a few weeks later he had hung up his megaphone and indicated that my film would be the last.

The UK law which finally got him

There is a law in the UK (in place since 1986) which states that a person can be charged for behaving in a "disorderly manner" or for "causing distress" to others and for the first time Danny was found guilty of breaking this law. Fear set in as he realised how much 'evidence' one could potentially find amongst his huge array of YouTube & DTube films.

The film we shot that day had one of the most extreme things which has ever happened to him, involving a stressed out security guard who broke his megaphone (hitting a member of the public in the process) and unceremoniously manhandled him out of Borough Market. There can be no question the man was distressed so I was consequently forced to cut the entire scene.

I felt sad for Danny as a friend and frustrated as a filmmaker. He is a long time hero of mine and part of the lesson he teaches can only be learned by watching the excessive reaction of those in fancy dress who (prior to meeting Danny) believe themselves to hold a position of authority.

Where there is a will...

Long story short Danny appealed the decision and won!

He gave the public back their access to his library of YouTube films and gave me permission to upload the original uncensored version of my day with him.

It is therefore with GREAT pleasure that I am finally able to present you Danny Shine standing up to the system (uncut!)

For those of you in need of a small explanation as to why he does what he does, the first few mins of this documentary will help.

Breakdown of my day with Danny

• Outside a meat restaurant he spoke about the ethics of torturing & slaughtering animals because we like the way they taste

• Outside a sugary bakers stall he spoke about his own journey to stop eating sugar. Clean for one and a half years he has lost a bunch of weight and questioned why stalls were giving away sugar for free without any thought as to the effect is has on people

• Outside The Sun newspaper he spoke about the media machine which controls our minds

• Outside a fancy hotel he spoke about the irony of Rolls Royces being parked around the corner from homeless people and posed his favourite question (what's really going on?) to a very friendly hotel manager who sadly didn't have too many thoughts on the answer

• Outside a hospital he spoke about opioid addiction and how easy it is to get drugs from the medical system

• Next to a man holding a sign about Jesus he spoke about going to Hell!

• Inside a Boots chemist he spoke about all the drugs being sold to mothers for their children

• Outside a Cafe Rouge he spoke about finding a better purpose for the manager there, should he ever decide sell his soul to Danny (as opposed to the devil!)

• In a shopping arcade he spoke to a security guard about unhappy dairy cows, concluding (very persuasively) that the man would have to contact our 'management team' to discuss the possibility of us filming somewhere else

Core message

Despite the megaphone his underlying message is actually quite subtle:

Whatever you're feeling right now is coming 100% from thought. It's not me that's doing anything to you. I'm just doing what I do... Whenever I feel angry I train myself to realise that I am doing it to myself. Danny Shine

The idea that we are ALWAYS responsible for our feelings (no matter what they are) is such a crucial one for the developing mind of a spiritual being and Danny would often end his 'performance' with this explanation.

Logical fallacy

It turns out people are much better at angrily attacking a person than they are at calmly listening and responding to what is being asked. When Danny chose to question the ethics of slaughtering & eating animals the most common response was an attempt to prove that he (or I) were hypocrites:

To Danny:

• There is plastic in your megaphone
• There is animal fat in your bicycle chain grease

To me:

• Your backpack is made by child slaves (really?)
• You have been on a plane

By doing this people are able to feel better about themselves whilst avoiding the question and from an outside perspective it is clear to see the complete lack of logic to their approach.

In the end someone walked off with Danny's bike, depositing it around the corner in the hope this would move him on.

Danny seemed to find this quite amusing and was clearly unconcerned about the bike. He calmly asked the crowd if anyone had witnessed what happened and everyone (including the restaurant manager) responded with a resounding NO so instead of moving on he stayed a while longer to help people see the reality of what had just happened.

Final thoughts

I applaud Danny for the way in which he makes his points so calmly amongst all these angry people day in, day out. While his efforts may not appear to have any (positive) effect on most of the people he interacts with, his films have built him huge following of loyal fans and I know I am not alone when I say that watching him on YouTube has inspired me a great deal to keep on researching and keep on questioning.

Knowing now I can edit without restriction, I will release part 2 of my day with Danny in due course.

Check out his page on steemit @dannyshine and his YouTube page here

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