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EINSTEIN because of genius like this:
"A human being is part of the whole called by us the universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive." (Albert Einstein, 1954)ALSO, I'd like to meet the man or woman WHO WROTE THIS: "With the first link the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied chains us all irrevocably." (Star Trek TNG: 'THE DRUMHEAD')
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Tool, Rage Against The Machine, Deftones, Outkast, The White Stripes, Zachariah and the Lobos Riders, early Weezer, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Johnny Cash, Jack Johnson, Green Day, The Doors, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Sound and The Fury, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Mad Season, A Perfect Circle, Creedence, Pink Floyd, The Ramones, Chris Daughtry (damn I should't know who that is!), The Roots, NWA, Bob Marley, Bone Thugz, Tu Pac, Most anything live, Most anything acoustic, Anything Good
Anything Kevin Smith (i.e., Clerks I&II, Mall Rats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), Star Wars: The Original Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, Apocalypse Now, Dr. Strangelove OR: 'How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb', V for Vendetta, Cool Hand Luke, Sin City, X-Men II, Underworld I&II, Batman Begins, Pulp Fiction, Saving Silverman, A Clockwork Orange, The Ten Commandments, The Big Lebowski, Old School, O Brother Where Art Thou, Napoleon Dynamite, The Fog of War, Scarface, Super Troopers, 28 Days Later, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Amadeus, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Closer, Big Trouble in Little China
House, The Simpsons, Attack of the Show, X-Play, Batman the Animated Series, Star Trek: TNG (I'm a mild Trekkie), Clone Wars, Superman The Animated Series, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Office, Southpark, My Name is Earl, Arrested Development, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Conan, Go Bots and He-Man when I was a kid, oh and I did get in on some Deperate Houswives last season (oooh Eva!...Sorry Melissa)
Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Power Elite, the works of: Ronald Akers, Travis Hirschi, Michael Gottfredson, Robert Merton, Plato, Socrates, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Samuel Walker, Edwin H. Sutherland, Thomas de Quincey, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas; readings on Constitutional Law, and The Bible
A hero to me is someone who, despite overwhelming resistance, stands up for what they beleive in and what is right. However, it's also important not to confuse blind and ignorant stubborness for heroic conviction. Otherwise, George Bush might be construed as a hero. Scarry.