Friday, April 25, 2008

Philosophers

How many people think of Geo. Carlin as a philosopher?

Charlie Chaplin as a serious thinker?

How about Redd Foxx?

One of the benefits of the WWW is that different folks' thoughts can be collected "together" and ones appropriate for the moment can be borrowed - and properly cited, thank you - by anyone willing to make the effort.

Some of the thoughts might seem "out of synch" with the public or professional personality of the author, which only goes to at least suggest that we are a complicated species that often has as many mood layers and feelings as an onion has layers.

Before judging your neighbor, consider for a moment the environment, the mood of the moment, and place your opinion in the proper context.

yohanon

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam. George Carlin

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people. Charlie Chaplin

The show (Sanford & Son) doesn't drive home a lesson, but it can open up people's minds enough for them to see how stupid every kind of prejudice can be. Redd Foxx

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