George Carlin dead!


		George Carlin Dead! (Top Posts - Social/Legal - 062308) Someone wrote: > The hippy dippy weatherman at heavens gate RIP In reply, I wrote: Some George Carlin, in memoriam: "The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things _ bad language and whatever _ it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition." ... There are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven you can't say on television. What a ratio that is! 399,993 to 7. They must really be baaaad. They must be OUTRAGEOUS to be separ- ated from a group that large. 'All of you words over here, you seven..baaaad words.' That's what they told us, right? You know the seven, don't ya? That you can't say on TV? Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits." ... "I've always been sort of anti-authoritarian and I really don't like arbitrary rules and regulations that are essentially designed to get people in the habit of conforming." ... "That's the whole meaning of life isn't it, trying to find a place for your stuff. That's all your house is, your house is just a place for stuff." ... "Religion is just mind control." ... "Property is theft. Nobody 'owns' anything. When you die, it all stays here." ... "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." ... "The future will soon be a thing of the past." ... "I noticed that of all the prayers I used to offer to God, and all the prayers that I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered at about the same 50 percent rate. Half the time I get what I want. Half the time I don't. Same as God 50-50. Same as the four leaf clover, the horse shoe, the rabbit's foot, and the wishing well. Same as the mojo man. Same as the voodoo lady who tells your fortune by squeezing the goat's testi- cles. It's all the same; 50-50. So just pick your superstitions, sit back, make a wish and enjoy yourself." ... "The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post 'Thou shalt not steal,' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery,' and 'Thou shalt not lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment." ... "I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it." ... "Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-power- ful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!" ... 'No comment' is a comment. ... "I believe in the vastness of the universe and infinity. I believe in family and friends. I believe in love." ... "Most of the time people feel okay. Proba- bly it's because at the moment they're not actually dying." ... "I don't have a fear of heights. I do, how- ever, have a fear of falling from heights." ... - - -