“They found him shot dead outside Stockton,
His body lyin' on a muddy hill.
Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen;
Somebody killed him just to kill.”

"The New Timer"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

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American singer and songwriter 1949

Richard S. Prather (1921–2007) American writer

Source: Take a Murder, Darling

“Noah set up a system of government where if somebody kills somebody, y'all get together and kill him. That's perfectly fine, it's just, it's right.”

Kent Hovind (1953) American young Earth creationist

-Edited Version- Pastor Steve Anderson interviews Dr Kent Hovind (Re-upload) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y4J7o62-w8, Youtube (January 22, 2015)

“They say you shouldn't say nothin' about the dead unless it's good. He's dead. Good!”

Moms Mabley (1894–1975) American comedian and actress

1,001 Insults, Put-Downs, and Comebacks, Price, Steven, 2007, Globe Pequot, 312 http://books.google.com/books?id=4gLQlHab4NsC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=%22They+say+you+shouldn't+say+nothin'+about+the+dead+unless+it's+good.+He's+dead.+Good!%22&source=bl&ots=vc8aIflDYJ&sig=uoSv1BYEAN6E6EWcWCWxZEnbOLg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lIWCUpmQPNGpsATX-IHQBQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ,

“Kill that dog with kindness just kill him”

Edward Albee (1928–2016) American playwright

“God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Sec. 125
The Gay Science (1882)
Context: God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?

“You know I've smoked a lot of grass
O' Lord, I've popped a lot of pills
But I never touched nothin'
That my spirit could kill.”

Hoyt Axton (1938–1999) American country singer

The Pusher (1968) · Steppenwolf version in Easy Rider (1969) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMqVrUSz62o · Axton version (1971) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0KcLVIldP4

“Not that he regretted having killed the guy in Stockton. The one who'd been ready to shoot him over the five crumpled dollar bills in his jeans pocket. He was quite happy to have sent that particular home boy to hell.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Dark Visions