Carlin on hysterias and limited freedoms

[MikeStanart]

Very insightful stuff here about how the media influences society and causes mass hysterias which eventually lead to reduced civil liberties. I recommend you all give it a go. It gets real good around 1:20



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bICwyV5ppLU&NR=1

[heavenlyboy34]

R.I.P., George. :( He was right on this and soooo many things.

[romeno182]

also this video very informative:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKftRlzh2RM

[Romulus]

That was a great clip... he had amazing insight.

[Vessol]

"Now if you think you do have rights, one last assignment for you. Next time you're at the computer, get on the Internet, go to Wikipedia. When you get to Wikipedia, in the search field for Wikipedia, I want you to type in "Japanese Americans 1942" and you'll find out all about your precious fucking rights, Okay? All right. You know about it. In 1942, there were 110,000 Japanese American citizens in good standing, law-abiding people who were thrown into internment camps simply because their parents were born in the wrong country. That's all they did wrong. They had no right to a lawyer, no right to a fair trial, no right to a jury of their peers no right to due process of any kind. The only right they had: "Right this way" into the internment camps! Just when these American citizens needed their rights the most, their government took them away! And rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges. That's all we've ever had in this country, is a bill of temporary privileges. And if you read the news even badly, you know that every year the list gets shorter and shorter. You see all, sooner or later. Sooner or later, the people in this country are gonna realize the government does not give a fuck about them! The government doesn't care about you, or your children, or your rights, or your welfare or your safety. It simply does not give a fuck about you! It's interested in its own power. That's the only thing. Keeping it and expanding it wherever possible.

Personally, when it comes to rights, I think one of two things is true. I think either we have unlimited rights, or we have no rights at all. Personally I lean towards unlimited rights, I feel for instance I have the right to do anything I please, BUT! If I do something you don’t like I think you have the right to kill me. So where are you gonna find a fairer fucking deal than that? So the next time some asshole says to you “I have the right to my opinion.” You say, “oh yeah? Well I have the right to my opinion and my opinion is you have no right to your opinion!” then shoot the fuck and walk away… "- George Carlin


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaa9iw85tW8

[Wesker1982]

Good clip. This is my favorite Carlin clip:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgmjL6z2jY

I am glad I got to see him before he died, R.I.P.

[JK/SEA]

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[VBRonPaulFan]

he actually made a seriously good case against the theory behind 'rights' that challenged the way i thought about them. here is the video, jump to the 4:15 mark to where he talks about it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWiBt-pqp0E

[Romulus]

Amen on that last one!