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George Carlin Is Dead
Today we read and hear about him everywhere because he died last night. Before when we heard about him it was because of what he said. He pointed out the absurdities of our collective hypocrisy and called us on it when we hid the truth behind euphemism. Do not do this truth teller the discourtesy of using the euphemisms he ridiculed when you speak of his death. He did not pass, or meet his maker. He died.
The Working Class Heretic
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Comments (2)
Well said.
Funny. I did a post about there being nothing casual about casualties, and Customer 0012 suggested a Carlin routine about words, their meanings, and how they change over time. So I made a blog out of a link to a text of one of his albums (partial). A few weeks later he's dead.
I don't know when I had last thought of him prior to that suggestion. Then I took the time to READ his humor, and remembered why I so admired him. Even in text, I laughed out loud. At my keyboard, all by myself.
Now he's dead. Shivers.
June 24, 2008 12:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
The one sure thing in life is that it ends.
June 24, 2008 8:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
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