While I agree with a lot of things he said (particularly things he says in this video), people have to remember that he wasn't detained or killed for saying the things he said - as he would have been in many other countries (now or historically).

Old George, as sharp and funny as he was, got a little preachy at the end of his life, and paid too much attention on semantics and word-choice than he did about being funny.. But he is and will always be a hero -- just hate to mix politics with *standup.

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>> ^Skeeve:

While I agree with a lot of things he said (particularly things he says in this video), people have to remember that he wasn't detained or killed for saying the things he said - as he would have been in many other countries (now or historically).


You could get away with saying that in most countries. So you agree with Carlin that the public have no say in politics at large but on the bright side you can say whatever you want. Wasn't it America where tons of people got a visit from the police for posessing anti-bush material. At least if you lived in north korea you'd know you were a slave.

>> ^Skeeve:

While I agree with a lot of things he said (particularly things he says in this video), people have to remember that he wasn't detained or killed for saying the things he said - as he would have been in many other countries (now or historically).


You forget the Seven Dirty Words escapade with Hoover's FBI. Then the police learned that it wasn't fashionable to arrest a stand-up comedian for being a comedian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin#1970s

So he, was, arrested for what he said, but not what he said in his later years. I still maintain that his comedy took a pessimistic turn when he was arrested for obscenity, and not providing ID to the cops. To which you don't have to do. There is no law that says a citizen has to have an ID just to be a person; will that stop cops from arresting you? Obviously not. That, I would assume, fueled Carlin's creative drive.

http://flexyourrights.org/faq/When_do_I_have_to_show_ID

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