Dreampanther
We all face the reaper.
A reminder from the man, Bill Hicks, himself - a little old, but still applicable, I think...
ON PATRIOTISM:
Did you watch the flag burning thing? Wasn't that great man? Boy everybody showed their true colours then didn't they?....Scary... People just flipped, they reacted like The Supreme Court approved of flag burning, know what I mean?
" Does that mean we have to burn our flags?.. They said that we ha-..."
"NO NO NO NO NO NO, they didn't say that. They said that if someone wanted to burn a flag, he perhaps doesn't need to go to jail for a year...Pretty harsh on their part huh?"
"They said we should bur-...."
"They didn't say that, they didn't say that, they didn't say that."
"Does that mean I have to go and -...."
"NO NO NO NO NO NO NO... Listen, read , think, calm down, relax, SHUT THE F@CK UP!"
"Well I don't get it..I don't wanna burn my flag...."
"THEN DOOOOOOOOOOON'T."
Personally I do not believe in burning the flag. It's a personal belief, but I'll tell you something, I think people are overreacting, oh, just a little bit.
"Hey buddy, my daddy died for that flag."
"Well, I bought mine. Sorry. You know they sell them at K-Mart for three bucks? You're in, you're out, brand new flag, no violence necessary."
"Hey buddy, my daddy died in the Korean war for that flag."
"What a coincidence - my flag was made in Korea!"
No-one, and I repeat NO-ONE has ever died for a flag. A flag is a piece of cloth, they might have died for freedom, which, by the way, is the freedom to....burn the f@cking flag you see??... Burning the flag doesn't make freedom go away, it's kinda like FREE-DOM, OK?... OK.
I don't wanna burn a flag, but what business is it of mine if you do?
Is it my business if someone wants to..Is it?...NO
Is it my business what other people read or watch on TV? NO IT'S NOT...THANK YOU
You see, when you talk these things out they become a little clearer, don't they? They do. That's called logic and it'll help us all evolve and get on the f@ckin' spaceships and GET OUTTA HERE! Let's go!