• 8oow3291d@feddit.dk
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    2 days ago

    Which is a really stupid thing to say. Should e.g. Ukraine not fight for peace? Should Britain not have fought for peace in WW2?

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        1 day ago

        Carlin’s quote said nothing about “defense”.

        And in any case, e.g. NATO’s prevention of the genocide was not “defense”. Was that also like "fucking for Virginity”? I have met some people from Kosovo, and they certainly do not think so, naming their children after Bill Clinton and all… No, Carlin is an idiot here.

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          If Carlin had to be as specific as you’d like that quote to be then it wouldn’t be much of a joke.

          It’s not hard to understand what he was saying.

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            20 hours ago

            I actually don’t understand what Carlin is saying, then. “The wars I don’t like are bad”?

            An overbroad and often false generalization is not a good joke. So yes, it isn’t much of a joke.