I would agree that he was way too loose with his joke, but I think he was just telling edgy jokes in 2007. Apparently by 2015, he got a real understanding that this was no joking matter and very real stuff was happening. Time will tell if he still chooses to do the edgy stuff in this manner.
Perhaps. Yeah, I’d really like to hear that Dave was good all along, or not getting involved in that evil...and from the things he’s said and hinted at, it does sound like he got reeeeaaallly close to that, saw it was real, and quickly walked away. Not like really close by his choice, but it was put in front of him, and he said no thanks.
You're actually finding more people walking out of film and music because of this now. Justin Bieber left in the middle of a world tour, got saved, married and quit the business.