Do you think Israelis just can't wait to go and kill people? how can you watch such a profound video and come out with such a basic idea of things? violent conflicts are hell, but most soldiers on both sides are just normal people. stupid, simplistic opinions like yours are a part of the problem.
Damn. That's some heavy material there. The more I listen to him talk, the more I want to hear. That's a damn rare trait these days. Makes you want to be a better person.
“Do you realize how insane what you just said was??” Henry’s not the kinda guy who gets surprised that easily... can’t imagine what it was like to be talking to that soldier.
I've had the pleasure of meeting him on two occasions and he is even nicer and more down-to-earth than you could ever hope for. He takes the time to give everyone a few minutes to talk with him so if you ever get the chance to go to one of his talking shows, do it and hang by the bus after the show. (not before the show, he hates that) you'll have a good time.
At a prior job, an older couple came in to have their passport pictures taken. Very friendly, they were. I took care of them, and right after, a younger couple came in for the same thing with their baby. Very friendly as well. Once I was done taking care of them, the older couple started idle chit chat with the younger couple taking about how cute their baby is. As this was going on for a few minutes, both couples were switching between English, Hebrew, and Arabic. What I was able to pick up with the spurts of English was this. Both couples either lived in or near Gaza and saw some shit. Both couples had fled to the US to escape all that. The older couple was Israeli. The younger couple was Palestinian. Before I knew it, both couples were in tears hugging each other and apologizing for the shit their respective people did to the other. They exchanged phone numbers and made arrangements to have dinner together. It was a very heartwarming yet sombering experience. Considering how the death and destructions have drastically escalated recently, would take a miracle for something like that to happen on a larger scale.
That this small-scale exchange happened at all gives some slim hope that such an attitude shift can happen at a larger scale. In its absence, though, any hope vanishes entirely
My own dad had to process the paperwork for soldiers that were killed in Vietnam. This was the paperwork that the families didn’t get: the graphic descriptions of how they were killed, if they could determine it. Sounds something like what Henry saw when he visited those vets.
Henry such a good person. the more i see his satnd up material the more i like him as human being.the greatest thing i have ever learned from Henry is to live life to the fullest go balls out while your here because you only have this one opportunity.
It's hard to not make certain things from a hundred years ago not happen over again, but then again a lot of it seems to be indirectly in so many ways.
I love this man soo much. I was in tears. He speaks the truth and I wish he could speak the truth in a more public fashion than he already does. Great man.
First, I currently serve in the Army. Second, I really dig Rollins, and I respect his views. There's a right way, and a wrong way to present your case, and to make your arguments. Rollins gets it right, whereas guys like Sean Penn and Michael Moore get it all wrong. Henry deserves thanks for what he does for our guys that didn't come out of all of this in the same shape they started.
Yup, 'tis exactly what he does! And he turns his own problems into humor. I saw him speak live about 3 yrs ago - NEVER laughed that hard in my entire life and it was 2.5 SOLID hrs!! Dunno where he gets the stamina to speak that long w/out a break! Anyway, met him aft the show & he was more than just down to earth, he really wanted to KEEP TALKING!!
i totaly agree with you.life sould come first,everything else should be put on the backburner.its all greed and pride and old grudgesIT ALL MAKES ME SO MAD.but its good to know theres still some sane people out there with mature minds.respect to you.
Henry Rollins is a personal hero of mine because of what he does with the USO. I've been out of the military for five years, and I was only able to meet Daniel Stern through the USO when we were leaving Sandland in '03. He was nice and everything, but I would love to meet Rollins one day.
Henry cares about the soldier on the ground. You only have to look back over history to understand the pain and sacrifice of the ordinary soldier. It's why we have Remembrance Day each year. I was really moved by Henry's stories. He's right, whatever the conflict, the only solution is for citizens to stand up and say "no more". Life is precious.
Some day the world will reach a new level and things will improve. I think there will always be the element of negativity in life, but ultimately things will improve. It can be hard for people to care about the rainforests and the polar bears and tigers when they are at war, war distracts people from what matters in life, helping others, helping animals, planting trees, making peace, creativity. We are here to do this, but more often than not, we go the other way.
I wouldn't call him an anarchist really, he definitely supports democracy & the Bill of Rights. But I DO like that he knows how to channel his anger at the right people & in the right direction!!
No anger is a natural emotion, just like joy, fear, love, etc. It's what you do in response to the emotion that matters. Just pretending you don't have an emotion you don't like won't make it go away. There is nothing wrong with anger, espically if you use it for a positive outcome.
yeah, but the thing is, he actually does good and puts effort into his involvement. Most celebrities just find a way to let everyone know their opinions and make it sound like the solution is obvious.
That is really sad ,some fun ,but sad to think about that guys parents seeing their son to change kid again. All that pain that we have caused for false things, its just so wrong and ppl. don't want to face it, most ppl. are too selfish to understand ,they think the pain wont reach them and we don't have to care then. Its all over when we say so .
After the first thing he said about anger and the war, I thought, one time I saw this little HBO special with James Gandolfini interviewing soldiers who survived explosions and shit and only 1 out of 5 of them hinted that the war pissed him off but you knew for some reason he wouldnt outright say it on camera. We need every injured soldier who thinks the war is bullshit on major networks speaking out as often as possible. Because nobody can debate with someone whose been there.
