"What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves?" - Bill Hicks

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[–]EndlessSunflowers 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good Stuff! It sucks that we've lost so many great minds before their time. Bob Marley's music changed the way I live my life and I always wonder what great insights and powerful philosophies he never got to put in a song. Same with John Lennon. Bill Hicks too, he was a great shit talker!

[–]EndlessSunflowers 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Bill Hicks died in 1994 at the age of 32
In early 1995 his family released a brief essay that he had written a week prior to his death:

"I was born William Melvin Hicks on December 16, 1961 in Valdosta, Georgia. Ugh. Melvin Hicks from Georgia. Yee Har! I already had gotten off to life on the wrong foot. I was always "awake," I guess you'd say. Some part of me clamoring for new insights and new ways to make the world a better place. All of this came out years down the line, in my multitude of creative interests that are the tools I now bring to the Party. Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. I'd read these words and off I went—dreaming my own imaginative dreams. Exercising them at will, eventually to form bands, comedy, more bands, movies, anything creative. This is the coin of the realm I use in my words—Vision. On June 16, 1993 I was diagnosed with having "liver cancer that had spread from the pancreas." One of life's weirdest and worst jokes imaginable. I'd been making such progress recently in my attitude, my career and realizing my dreams that it just stood me on my head for a while. "Why me!?" I would cry out, and "Why now!?" Well, I know now there may never be any answers to those particular questions, but maybe in telling a little about myself, we can find some other answers to other questions. That might help our way down our own particular paths, towards realizing my dream of New Hope and New Happiness. Amen. I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit."

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Bill Hicks became a nihilist at the end of his life as did Geroge Carlin, in which they just stuck their middle finger up to the world. I'm disappointed in them for that.

As for the quote. I think it concerns geopolitical, economical, geographical, ideology and religious views more than it does da' feelz good part. I do not even think they really feel, empathy, so why would they feel good about starting a war? They do it because they want to, and they do it for the reasons stated above. The feeling good part is just the aftereffect. It doesn't really account for the why and how.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well I'm not sure they were nihilists, as they cared enough to do their stand up show to help wake others up.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For money. They did at the end of their comedy careers become negative nancies, espeically Hicks who basically told everyone to go F' themselves. I still listen to Carlin though, other than his attack on religion, which he is on point most of the time, though he completely disregards the differene between religion of true christianity and christs preachings and teachings to that of Christiandom.