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RE: George Carlin - 10/27/2007 6:52:21 AM

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I thought I had already posted this.

I watched that video and I must say I am impressed. He managed to do it without being offensive, and even sticking up for victims in a way.

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That's why he's good.

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RE: George Carlin - 10/27/2007 2:04:24 PM

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

I thought I had already posted this.

I watched that video and I must say I am impressed. He managed to do it without being offensive, and even sticking up for victims in a way.

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I like Carlin but was concerned by the video title. I watched it and agree with what you said. Talk about someone who can take a horrible subject and let you relax while bringing it to light.

Then again, having worked in emergency medical services for 7 years, I learned that even the biggest attrocities sometimes can only be emotionally dealt with through laughter.

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RE: George Carlin - 10/27/2007 2:13:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

I thought I had already posted this.

I watched that video and I must say I am impressed. He managed to do it without being offensive, and even sticking up for victims in a way.

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I like Carlin but was concerned by the video title. I watched it and agree with what you said. Talk about someone who can take a horrible subject and let you relax while bringing it to light.

Then again, having worked in emergency medical services for 7 years, I learned that even the biggest attrocities sometimes can only be emotionally dealt with through laughter.

So, you didn't have faith in me.......

I am able and willing to laugh at pretty much anything, but that doesn't mean I don't care, or that I'm being hateful. It's just a way of trying to stay sane.

And how you do it, does matter.

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RE: George Carlin - 10/27/2007 2:38:21 PM

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Bill Wyman is 71. Holy christ!!!! Look how old we are going to be........I even remember Jimmie Durante and Ed Wynne and more................

We are the old geezers our parents warned us about.

(all u spongbobers out there will be here someday, along with david hasselhoff, so don't fuckin laugh)

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I know! Shocking, isn't it! It hit me hard when I saw George's age here. Where does time go....

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RE: George Carlin - 10/27/2007 4:54:22 PM

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So, you didn't have faith in me.......

Haha...of course I did, silly, which is why I played the video!

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I am able and willing to laugh at pretty much anything, but that doesn't mean I don't care, or that I'm being hateful. It's just a way of trying to stay sane.

Absolutely!

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And how you do it, does matter.

It makes all the difference.

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RE: George Carlin - 10/28/2007 12:02:32 AM

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greetings

only a man would say a silly thing a horrible thing like that, now mind everyone i did not read the post but to say rape is funny is just crazy. i remember sometime ago they made a moive that had a officer who handle woman who had been raped. he was not very kind to this these and just did not care, but then he was raped but a group of men . i remember the shame and horroe they show on his face and how the other police person treat him. it was a lesson learned

mons...while I absolutely feel compassion for your sister and for you, I have to respectfully disagree. This may appear insensitive. I don't mean it to be.

First, I concur with the comments above that sometimes humour is the best way to deal with pain. Jokes have spontaneously popped up almost immediately after, for instance, Princess Dianna's death, 9/11, etc. Perhaps, among other factors, it helps us defuse the tension.

But also, if comedians had to determine their material on "what will offend no one"...well, they'd have a lot less material. Part of that means that, occasionally, many of us will be in one of the groups that gets offended. I think that, as part of society, in those cases we've gotta "take one for the team".

But that's a man talking, right? Well, how about jokes that include, say, castration? A terrible thing that could happen to a guy. Or impotence...premature ejaculation...prostate cancer...baldness (note the pic)...whatever. I might find it funny, or I might not. But I'm not going to say "don't joke about that, cuz my Dad died of prostate cancer and some day I might too".

Also, I take issue with the "I didn't read the post, but..." and also that, I'm guessing, you didn't watch the video (well, listen to it; it was mostly just audio with a picture of George). He did do a very good job of saying "rape isn't funny? Well, think about this..."

I don't condone rape (well, non-consentual rape...and this is one of the few areas & communities where THAT would have to be added, because 'something like it' is right there on our interests list). I don't condone mysoginistic joking around about it. But I also won't agree with "you can't joke about ___" fill in the blank. You can't have "free speech...except for___". Who gets to fill in the blank? And what would the end result be?

My $.02 anyway.

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