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George Carlin died today.
Sox:
Lots of people found Carlin offensive because of the misanthropic comments he was always coming out with. This makes me laugh a little. Especially since when asked why it's offensive, nobody can really argue that the man was wrong about a single thing he had to say on the topic.
Surgoshan:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 23 Jun 2008, 07:19 ---
--- Quote from: Surgoshan on 22 Jun 2008, 23:51 ---That unfortunate combination of time and addiction.
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There is no need to insinuate his death had anything to do with the fact that he did cocaine 20 or 30 years ago or that he smoked pot.
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No, I'm stating that it was due to the fact that he was addicted to drugs and alcohol as recently as four years ago; that's when he last went into rehab. Anything like that, particularly over long periods of time, puts stress on the system.
Caleb:
I will always kinda respect George Carlin because he was already famous before he started talking about taboo subjects and using bad language in his act.
It's one thing to become famous by starting out like that. It's another to potentially risk your career by changing your act so dramatically.
But he did and he was alway brilliant at word-play.
RIP
Jackie Blue:
Sorry, I spent more time listening to George Carlin than reading up on his drug use. I didn't realise he'd been in rehab that recently.
Even so, 71 is a damn good run. That's way longer than Bruce, Hicks, Belushi, and so many other great comics lived.
De_El:
I was never a huge fan of George Carlin just because the image he projected made him seem like a huge asshole. So I never got interested enough to listen or watch much. However, the man who played Rufus can be forgiven for anything, essent. Anyway, watching some of those videos make me think perhaps I was wrong about him.
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