Revolution

Der amerikanische Komiker und Schauspieler George Carlin ist im Alter von 71 Jahren gestorben. Carlin erlitt am Sonntag in Los Angeles ein Herzversagen, wie sein Sprecher Jeff Abraham erklärte.

Nachtrag vom 24. Juni *)

Ich habe das Gefühl noch mehr von Carlin hier erwähnen zu müssen …

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood.

They (The Reagan Administration) want to put street criminals in jail to make life safer for the business criminals. They’re against street crime providing that street isn’t Wall Street.

Catholic - which I was until I reached the age of reason.

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 of your life. And he has a list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any, any, of these ten things, he has a special place full of fire and smoke and ash and torture where he will send you to suffer and burn and scream and cry forever and ever until the end of time. … But he loves you.

One guy, about a month ago, was given three consecutive life terms, plus two death penalties. How the fuck do you serve that? Even David Copperfield can’t do that shit. In order to do that, you’d have to be a Hindu.

When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts…Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend.

[...] I offer you my revised list of the Two Commandments:

1. THOU SHALT ALWAYS BE HONEST AND FAITHFUL, ESPECIALLY TO THE PROVIDER OF THY NOOKIE.
2. THOU SHALT TRY REAL HARD NOT TO KILL ANYONE, UNLESS, OF COURSE, THEY PRAY TO A DIFFERENT INVISIBLE AVENGER THAN THE ONE YOU PRAY TO.

Two is all you need, folks. Moses could have carried them down the hill in his pocket. And if we had a list like that, I wouldn’t mind that brilliant judge in Alabama displaying it prominently in his courthouse lobby. As long he included one additional commandment:

• THOU SHALT KEEP THY RELIGION TO THYSELF!!!

Und nicht zu vergessen:

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits.

[via stern.de]