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Greg72
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Here are a couple of excerpts from “When will Jesus bring the Pork Chops?” by George Carlin.
GUYS WILL BE GUYS
I don’t know why people got all excited about that guy Jeffrey Dahmer. Because he broke a few laws? So what? There’s nothing wrong with killing twelve people, having sex with their corpses, masturbating on them, eating their flesh and then saving the heads in the refrigerator. What’s wrong with that? Nothing. So far nobody has been able to explain to me what it was Jeffrey Dahmer did that was so wrong.
First of all, let’s remember, wrong is a relative term. Who’s to say what’s wrong? Who are we to judge? Put yourself in the other man’s shoes. Who among you, under certain circumstances, might not kill twelve people, have sex with their corpses, masturbate on them, eat their flesh and then save the heads in the refridgerator? Not one of you, I suspect. So cut the guy a little slack. Always remember, there, but for the grace of God…
I’M IN THE MORAL MINORITY
I don’t think that there’s really a such thing as morality. I think it’s a human construct designed to facilitate the control of people. Values, ethics, legal standards - all of these things are human-generated, and they’re lumped under some vague idea called morality. But suppose humans got it wrong? Suppose there’s no actual, objective morality? Suppose there’s just a natural, wordly, secular, common-sense standard of behavior whose purpose is what’s best for getting along and what’s best for survival? That would be a good system. Why should a system like that be overlaid with a sense of spooky, mystical, judgemental oversight?
The second piece is, in ways, more frightening than the first because so many people believe it (as I once did).
While the first piece is clearly eggagerated (although we see the same reasoning, misused, day-to-day), the second just seems to be poking fun at the need for morality promoted by religion (from God). At one time I would have found that funny; now I find it sad.
GUYS WILL BE GUYS
I don’t know why people got all excited about that guy Jeffrey Dahmer. Because he broke a few laws? So what? There’s nothing wrong with killing twelve people, having sex with their corpses, masturbating on them, eating their flesh and then saving the heads in the refrigerator. What’s wrong with that? Nothing. So far nobody has been able to explain to me what it was Jeffrey Dahmer did that was so wrong.
First of all, let’s remember, wrong is a relative term. Who’s to say what’s wrong? Who are we to judge? Put yourself in the other man’s shoes. Who among you, under certain circumstances, might not kill twelve people, have sex with their corpses, masturbate on them, eat their flesh and then save the heads in the refridgerator? Not one of you, I suspect. So cut the guy a little slack. Always remember, there, but for the grace of God…
I’M IN THE MORAL MINORITY
I don’t think that there’s really a such thing as morality. I think it’s a human construct designed to facilitate the control of people. Values, ethics, legal standards - all of these things are human-generated, and they’re lumped under some vague idea called morality. But suppose humans got it wrong? Suppose there’s no actual, objective morality? Suppose there’s just a natural, wordly, secular, common-sense standard of behavior whose purpose is what’s best for getting along and what’s best for survival? That would be a good system. Why should a system like that be overlaid with a sense of spooky, mystical, judgemental oversight?
The second piece is, in ways, more frightening than the first because so many people believe it (as I once did).
While the first piece is clearly eggagerated (although we see the same reasoning, misused, day-to-day), the second just seems to be poking fun at the need for morality promoted by religion (from God). At one time I would have found that funny; now I find it sad.
- Greg