There's a lot of things you could use to kill a guy with. You could probably beat a guy to death with the Sunday New York Times!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Carlin humorously suggests everyday objects like newspapers can be deadly weapons.
- In plain terms
- You can kill someone with common items like a newspaper.
- What can you take from it?
- Ordinary things can become dangerous in the right context.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we normalize violence in jokes?
- What makes something a weapon?
Another view
It trivializes violence with exaggeration.
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