“No, I never was a bad Republican. But I am now a good liberal.”
Posted on 06/22/2008 9:54:22 PM PDT by Gigantor
George Carlin reported dead from heart failure.
I wonder if Carlin got the “Two Minute Warning”
“...and if I’m wrong, may God strike me down dead!”
Easy on the clutch Bill, you’ll eff the engine
btt
“No, I never was a bad Republican. But I am now a good liberal.”
I will say some prayers for him. He is going to need them probably more than most.
Now, see? That was funny.
Just picture Sam Kinnison or Edie Murphy or Richard Pryor doing something along the lines of what I or what was written in #107, and you may agree. Half of comedy is having someone crazy enough onstage to pull off the ‘b’ list material. Ben Stein or Al Gore (or me) doing it may not work.
Probably true? By what religion or whose faith? And please know, I am not a Christian (though I do respect the believers), so those fairy tales won’t work with me or my line of reasoning.
Please make your argument Christian-free, or it will carry absolutely no weight or measure with me. If you cannot make the argument without quoting the Bible, then please save yourself the embarrassment and don’t make the argument at all.
And before you can say it, I will: I am not mistaken, you are.
Captianpaintball, I am not arguing at all with your take on the style of humor George Carlin made famous - or, at the very least, helped perpetuate.
Hell, when it comes to humor, I firmly, aesthetically, and unconditionally believe that nothing is sacred. Nothng. In humor, one can mock Christ dying on the cross as easily and as unconditionally, and as blamelessy as one one can mock MoJohammed as being a child molester.
Again, in humor - nothing is sacred.
No offense meant at all, my friend. In fact, I’ll give you kudos for coming up with something that, indeed, Carlin may have really liked.
My favorite line was George’s analogy between teaching “the natives” about religion, just as we teach them to wear shoes. He admonished us not to nail the shoes on their feet.
You’re brandishing a hammer when it’s not needed, NCPAC.
Isn’t it amazing that you have absolute certainty that you know the Truth or that it even exists? And that you imagine an afterlife, where Mr. Carlin will be joining the comedians’ bridge game? You share that common ground with us Christians.
I believe because of the witness of the martyrs, the apostles, and the successors of the apostles.
And what the hell does it mean to make your argument "Christian free?"
ROFL.
He will be missed. While his politics were screwball, and his atheistic/agnostic mix-type screwup of a religious view made me feel sorry for him, he was one hell of a realist and amazing on the stage.
I thought it was funny. I disagree, but it’s still funny. But perhaps a live delivery would have gotten across the humor better.
BTW, when arguing with non-Christians on such subjects it doesn’t do any good to quote the Bible or other Christian source as an authority. The use of appeal to authority in a debate always a logical fallacy. However, it can have subjective weight in a discussion if both sides accept the source as an authority on the subject, but of course a non-Christian doesn’t accept the Bible as authoritative so it is useless.
Example - this, that, and the other. I'll take this, and that. You gotta take the other, it comes in a set.
I liked his style of humor. As he got older, he seemed to me more bitter. Maybe it was because he couldn't springboard his career into the movies as well as some of his fellow comedians.
I have to laugh at this - it's so true! 8-)
In the replay of the 1999 Art Bell interview, Carlin mentioned John McCain’s use of some fairly coarse language, which if Carlin noticed must have been exemplary.
You can prick your finger, but don't finger your .....
RIP George
RIP Mr. Carlin...and everytime I run into a 'George' I can't help but thing of his 'bit' on the spelling of his name...GEORG..EORGE...funny, witty 'stuff.'
I was horrified when he replaced Ringo Starr as Mr. Conductor on the Thomas the Tank Engine program. But he actually did a wonderful job.
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