Losing George Carlin
Ohhhhh, losing George Carlin. Wow, this hurts.
At least I did actually get to see him once; it was fantastic, of course!
A fab quote spotted else-LJ:
"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," Carlin told the AP in a 2004 interview. "There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. ... It's reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have."
He sure got some stuff spot on. I'm thankful he was around to give us his humor and insights.
I still have a recent(ish) book by him in my to-be-read book queue: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? -- maybe that's an appropriate book for me to pick up now....
At least I did actually get to see him once; it was fantastic, of course!
A fab quote spotted else-LJ:
"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," Carlin told the AP in a 2004 interview. "There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. ... It's reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have."
He sure got some stuff spot on. I'm thankful he was around to give us his humor and insights.
I still have a recent(ish) book by him in my to-be-read book queue: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? -- maybe that's an appropriate book for me to pick up now....