Haha, yeah... that was my first thought on Ripple, too. It doesn't change the fact, that the speech is worth listening to. And to be fair, Ripple should be completely respected as a competition. I also could imagine, that this would be one way to introduce normies to the block-chain. And since its so different from Bitcoin, I also don't see it as a threat.
Got any article or video, that takes on the bad sides of Ripple?