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No. Carlin had two points. One, that a lot of stuff happens
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Posted by gsw_hoops on 2012-05-02 10:17:48

In Reply to: seems fairly obvious... Carlin's take seemed to remove humans from the fucking up things part posted by shikantaza on 2012-05-01 22:49:54

with or without us. And two, even if we fuck some things up, in the long run it won't matter because we'll be gone and the Earth will heal itself.

He wasn't giving license to irrational behavior.

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Half of the world's species gone by the end of the century... why arent we protesting in the streets - shikantaza 2012-05-01 10:09:52 (82 views)

"Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?" - "What d'ya got!" Look, man, I've been there and done - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 11:05:03 (86 views)

+1 - nomad 2012-05-01 11:30:18 (73 views)

That's absolutely true in both those cases but you can't muster up that much reaction to everything - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 11:37:53 (63 views)

Agreed. But everyone thinks their cause is different, far more important - nomad 2012-05-01 11:46:08 (62 views)

Yep, well said. But two issues I'm not feeling the need to carry a sign about are, our need to cut - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 13:47:25 (65 views)

don't really agree... I think most people know the situation but don't understand - shikantaza 2012-05-01 15:16:00 (63 views)

I post this every so often - Shallow Hal 2012-05-01 11:01:52 (74 views)

The relevant part of his point is contradictory, for the most part - buzz 2012-05-01 21:59:53 (56 views)

seems fairly obvious... Carlin's take seemed to remove humans from the fucking up things part - shikantaza 2012-05-01 22:49:54 (52 views)

No. Carlin had two points. One, that a lot of stuff happens - gsw_hoops 2012-05-02 10:17:48 (49 views)

That's not exactly it either - Shallow Hal 2012-05-02 10:32:35 (51 views)

huh? your main point is that environmentalists are just selfish... - shikantaza 2012-05-02 11:27:32 (45 views)

Not shockingly, you didn't get it at all - Shallow Hal 2012-05-02 09:11:26 (36 views)

This is worth 7 minutes if you like George Carlin. LMAO - BackseatGM 2012-05-01 13:48:51 (48 views)

meh... - shikantaza 2012-05-01 11:19:20 (72 views)

Apparently, the "we didn't kill them all" part didn't make a huge impression on you - Shallow Hal 2012-05-01 14:59:11 (55 views)

I love George Carlin... I didn't have time to watch the whole thing. - shikantaza 2012-05-01 15:13:11 (53 views)

They are! - gribble the mispost master 2012-05-01 10:15:00 (74 views)

yea... I'm not really convinced either way, I guess, but I do think normal people instead of psychos - shikantaza 2012-05-01 10:22:37 (64 views)

The point of a protest is public awareness, which gets instantly distracted by violence - nomad 2012-05-01 11:38:02 (63 views)

and, we are pre-distracted, largely by choice. We ain't gonna learn what we don't want to know. - bongo 2012-05-01 13:48:51 (59 views)

Yep. We've got bread & circuses - what more do we need? - nomad 2012-05-01 15:21:36 (44 views)

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