Yes. People didn't know anything about it back then, and the people telling them not to do it were mostly government right-wingers.havokeff wrote:Is that any kind of valid excuse?
Way to miss the point, moron. The point is that one's personal participation in politics is totally IRRELEVANT to one's criticisms of those politics. It's a classic ad-hominem fallacy. And don't give me that bullshit about effecting change; Carlin effected more change by talking than a person like you ever would by voting.Of course not, but like you said, you are foreigners. You have no ability to effect change in our system. This man, who had widespread influence and a voice people listened to in our society could, and he chose not to.
If you agree that they're retarded criticisms, then why are you defending them?Yeah. That was a refernece to my previous post. Column A being that his views are in line with the majority of this board and Column B being that he was a genuinely good person. NOT that I think they are good or even valid criticisms, especially not from me.
Examples?havokeff wrote:There you go being all omniscient again. No, what I was referring to was my own recollection of the memorial threads I have read and the fact that even the most well respected person seems to get one person that says something negative about them. Not the bashing that so many truly deserve.
