George Carlin

I took notes on George Carlin's It's Bad For Ya when I watched it on HBO mostly because he talked about kids. Funny, his philosophy on children. I want to know more about it. This is what I got:

George Carlin on the self esteem movement which has failed, doesn't help your grades, doesn't reduce violence
there are no losers in games, kids can't play tag and dodgeball, they can only stand around
no one is told the character building words, you're a loser
everyone gets a trophy
the idea that every child is special, they say it over and over as if to convince themselves
clearly every child isn't special, they're incomplete, they're unfinished work, they're funny looking
parents structure their child's play around their life, you have playdates
they can't stay in the yard with a stick
when do you stop being special, does it mean that all adults are special, then everyone is special and it defeats the purpose
you take the kid to fat camp, violin camp, computer camp, you've got to keep the fucker busy
can't have any unstructured play
kids are too busy studying for kindergarten

he says it's important for children to be taught to question what they read, everything they see, and authority figures
there are a lot of things you're expected to believe and accept in america that you should doubt
Proud to be an american, what the fuck does that mean, i can never understand ethnic or national pride
to me, pride should be achieved by something you do on your own, being irish isn't a skill, it's a fucking genetic accident
what the fuck does god bless america mean