Being a comedian and a political satirist is a TOUGH job. Einstein could not have done it. I respect Einstein more than almost anyone, but being a physicist is NOT the only job that matters...
And it is because of people like Maher that you have a right to any knee jerk opinion you wish to toss out there
Exactly just think how much satire was allowed under Stalin or Saddam Hussein or now under His Supreme Leader in Iran and a few other nice fellows we could name ...probably the wisest statement made here in quite a while .
The value of the Satire & the Satirists down thru history has been one of the bigger influences for freedom of the press , thought & constructive social criticism from Aristophanes to Will Rogers to George Carlin . Satire & irony in film print & literature are considered some of the most powerful ways to gain keen insights into society & tool for exposing corruption in the power structures.
People who hate satire & comedy generally end up following tyrants & stepping all in line ...the terms
"meathead" & goose stepping comes to mind here
"Sieg Heil Viktoria"
( SS soldier's marching song of the Nazi period, note the reference to "Satan's Spawn" )
Sight and target are adjusted,
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye,
To Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt,
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye,
It is about Germany's Glory, Glory, Glory,
Hail Victory! Hail Victory! Victory!
We don't rest or stop,
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye,
Until the spawn of Satan breaks,
good-bye, good-bye, good-bye,
It is about Germany's
Glory, Glory, Glory, Hail Victory!
Hail Victory! Victory!
Hail Victory! Victory! |
