George Carlin
Jenni
From the album "You are all diseased!"
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Something else I'm getting tired of is all this stupid bullshit we have to
listen to all the time about children. It's all you hear in this country.
"Children, help the children, what about the children, save the children!"
You know what I say? Fuck the children. Fuck'em. They're getting entirely
too much attention. And I know what you're thinking. You're saying, "Jesus,
he's not gonna attack children, is he?" Yes, he is. He's going to attack
children. And remember, this is Mr. Conductor talking. I know what I'm
talking about. I know what I'm talking about. And I also know all you single
dads and soccer moms who think you're such fuckin' heroes aren't gonna like
this, but someone's got to tell you for your own good: Your children are
overrated and overvalued, you've turned them into little cult objects, you
have a child fetish, and it's not healthy! And don't give me that weak shit:
"Well...I love my children." Fuck you! Everybody loves their children.
Doesn't make you special. John Wayne Gacy loved his children. Kept 'em all
right out in the yard, near the garage. That's not what I'm talking about.
What I'm talking about is this constant, mindless yammering in the media,
this neurotic fixation that says somehow everything, EVERYTHING, has to
revolve around children. It's completely out of balance. Listen. There are a
couple of things about kids you have to remember.
First of all, they're not all cute. Okay? In fact, if you look at them
closely, some of them are rather unpleasant looking. And a lot of 'em don't
smell very good either, all right? Some of the really little ones seem to
have kind of a sour milk and urine combination going on. Stay with me on
this, the sooner you face it, the better off you're gonna be.
Second premise: Not all children are smart and clever. Got that? Kids are
like any other group of people. A few winners, a whole lotta losers. There
are a lotta loser kids out there who simply aren't going anywhere, and you
can't save 'em all, you can't save 'em all, you gotta let 'em go, you gotta
cut 'em loose, you gotta stop overprotecting them, 'cause you're making 'em
too soft. Today's kids are way too soft. For one thing, there's too much
emphasis on safety. Childproof medicine bottles, fireproof pajamas, child
restraints, car seats, and helmets! Baseball, bicycle, skateboard helmets.
Kids have to wear helmets now for everything except jerking off! Grownups
have taken all the fun out of being a kid just to save a few thousand lives.
It's pathetic. It's pathetic. What's happening...you know what it is...these
baby boomers, these soft, fruity boomers are raising an entire generation of
soft, fruity kids who aren't even allowed to have hazardous toys, for
Christ's sake! Hazardous toys...shit! Whatever happened to natural
selection? Survival of the fittest? The kid who swallows too many marbles
doesn't grow up to have kids of his own! Simple as that! Simple!
Nature...nature knows best.
We're saving entirely too many lives in this country of all ages. Nature
should be allowed to do its job of killing off the weak and sickly and
ignorant people, without interference from airbags and batting helmets. Just
think of it as passive eugenics.
Now, here's another example of overprotection. Did you ever notice on the TV
news, every time some guy with an AK-47 strolls onto a school yard and kills
3 or 4 kids and a coupla teachers, the next day, the next day, the school is
overrun with counselors and psychiatrists and grief counselors and trauma
therapists trying to help the children cope. Shit! When I was in school,
someone came to our school and killed 3 or 4 of us, we went right ahead with
our arithmetic. 35 classmates minus 4 equals 31. We were tough. I say if
kids can handle the violence at home, they oughtta be able to handle the
violence at school. I'm not worried about guns in school. You know what I'm
waiting for? Guns in church. That's gonna be a lot of fun. And it'll happen.
You watch. Some nut will go fuckin' apeshit in church, and they'll refer to
him as a "disgruntled worshipper."
Here. Here's another bunch of ignorant shit. School uniforms. Bad theory.
The idea that if kids wear uniforms to school, it helps keep order. Don't
these schools do enough damage, making all these kids think alike? Now
they're gonna get them to look alike, too? And it's not a new idea. I first
saw it in old newsreels from the 1930's but it was hard to understand
because the narration was in German!
One more item about children, and that is this superstitious nonsense that
blames tobacco companies for kids who smoke. Listen, kids don't smoke
because a camel in sunglasses tells them to. They smoke for the same reasons
adults do, because it relieves anxiety and depression. And you'd be anxious
and depressed too, if you had to put up with these pathetic, insecure,
striving, anal yuppie parents who enroll you in college before you're old
enough to know which side of the playpen smells the worst! And then they
fill you fulla Ritalin and drag you all over town in search of meaningless
structure. Little League, cub scouts, swimming, soccer, karate, piano,
bagpipes, watercolor, witchcraft, glassblowing, and dildo practice! They
even have play dates, for Christ's sake! Playing is now done by appointment!
Whatever happened to "you show me your wee-wee, I'll show you mine?" Hey, no
wonder kids smoke, it helps. Not as much as weed, but hey, you can't have
everything. You know it's true. Parents are burning these kids out on
structure. I think every day all children should have three hours of
daydreaming. Just daydreaming. You could use a little of it yourself, by the
way. Just sit at the window, stare at the clouds, it's good for you. You
wanna know how you can help your children? Leave them the fuck alone! There
ya go.
wizz...@gmail.com
> waiting for? Guns in church. That's gonna be a lot of fun. And it'll
happen.
> You watch. Some nut will go fuckin' apeshit in church, and they'll
refer to
> him as a "disgruntled worshipper."
It just happened:
Man Kills 7, Self at Wis. Church Service
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050313/D88POCR81.html
Technically it wasn't a church.
jstonge123
nil...@invalid.com.au
Message-ID:<1110696516.7...@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
posted on 12 Mar 2005 22:48:36 -0800, wizz...@gmail.com
wrote:
True, and even more interesting the "religion" wasn't
identified. Anything can be registered as a religion in the
USA. There is even a Church of Satan.
Anyone have any details on the denomination?
Regards,
"nilkids"
[posting from alt.support.childfree]
The Dave©
> > Technically it wasn't a church.
>
> True, and even more interesting the "religion" wasn't
> identified. Anything can be registered as a religion in the
> USA. There is even a Church of Satan.
>
> Anyone have any details on the denomination?
No, but I have heard that it was a group that focused on the "end
times", for whatever that's worth.
Ezzy
"They were members of the Living Church of God, an international
evangelical denomination based in Charlotte, North Carolina."
I don't think they focus on the end times, but apparently he was upset
because the preacher had talked about the 'end of days' in a recent
sermon.
He must have been a very convincing preacher.
Ezzy
ray o'hara
it was where they held their sevices. a church isn't just a building.
The Dave©
Ah, I just heard it in passing and wasn't paying close attention. Ok.
nil...@invalid.com.au
Possibly significant, possibly not. Thanks for the info,
though!
Can anyone provide more exact info?
It could be very significant, of course!
Regards,
"nilkids"
Killer Rabbit
"Ezzy" <ezmerelda_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1110840463....@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Actually, the church focus was "end-time prophecies". The sermon that
supposedly upset him 2 weeks before was about "that people's problems are of
their own making".
The source of my info was an AP article in my afternoon paper. Below is the
article.
Lori =^.^=
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/Stories/0,1413,138~10021~2761969,00.html
'Totally senseless' -- 7 people dead
By RYAN NAKASHIMA The Associated Press
Monday, March 14, 2005 - and JULIET WILLIAMS
BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- It was just another weekend service for churchgoers in a
suburban Milwaukee hotel when, without warning, they were attacked by one of
their own.
Now, victims' relatives are struggling to keep their faith and find answers.
"This is a totally senseless thing," said Jeff Miller, whose brother,
Gerald, 44, died shielding an elderly woman, who survived.
"He was a great guy. He didn't deserve to die."
Terry Ratzmann, a churchgoer known for sharing homegrown vegetables with his
neighbors, walked into the room and police said he fired 22 rounds from a 9
mm handgun within a minute, killing seven people.
None of those who knew him expected Ratzmann to be violent. Neighbors said
he was quiet and devout, that he liked to tinker about his house and garden.
He would even release the chipmunks caught in traps he set in his yard.
But Saturday, the Sabbath for the Living Church of God, Ratzmann turned on
worshippers.
"He wasn't a dark guy. He was average Joe," said Shane Colwell, a neighbor
who knew Ratzmann for about a decade. "It's not like he ever pushed his
beliefs on anyone else."
The 44-year-old computer technician lived with his mother and sister in a
modest home about two miles from the hotel where police say he opened fire
during service.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based Living Church of God is a denomination that grew
out of a schism in the Worldwide Church of God, formed in 1933, and focuses
on "end-time" prophecies.
This year, the group's leader, Dr. Roderick C. Meredith, wrote that events
prophesied in the Bible are "beginning to occur with increasing frequency."
The church has an estimated 6,300 members in 40 countries.
Ratzmann himself regularly attended the gatherings at the Sheraton hotel --
the Milwaukee-area church group did not have a building of its own. But
member Chandra Frazier said he walked out of a recent sermon "sort of in a
huff." The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today the Feb. 26 sermon that
upset Ratzmann had made the point that people's problems are of their own
making.
Between 50 to 60 people were at the weekly meeting, and anyone in Ratzmann's
path appeared to be a target. He allegedly dropped a magazine and reloaded
another.
When it was over, seven people, including the church's minister and his
teenage son, were killed and four others wounded. Ratzmann, 44, had shot
himself; he sat slumped against the back wall with four rounds left in his
gun, police said.
Although he left no suicide note and gave no explanation for the killings,
investigators said Ratzmann was on the verge of losing his job. It was
unclear what prompted the slayings.
Ratzmann went to church every Saturday, Colwell said, and had lived in the
same house his entire life. But another neighbor called Ratzmann a drinker,
and church members said he struggled with depression.
Ezzy
got the impression from what the survivors were saying that their focus
was something else. But then they had just been involved in a massacre
so it's understandable they were in shock.
Thanks for the info!
Ezzy