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RIP Christopher Hitchens

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RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Ammianus » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:59 am

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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Azrael » Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:03 am

RIP.

I bet a lot of people that he no longer respected will show up and pretend that they miss the guy, when while he was living they we're waiting for him to drop.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Demon of Undoing » Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:26 am

A great loss to the world of the written word.

The next drink I have will be in his honor.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Colonel Sun » Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:10 am

Condolences.

Reading his obituary, the [attributed] words of Jack London came to mind;

"I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them,

I shall use my time."
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby crashtech » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:55 pm

I'll miss his inimitable style. I really though he was gonna beat the big C.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Hoosiernorm » Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:52 pm

Wonder how long it will now take for his notes to be released, usually they are held for a period of time until they have been reviewed by a trusted peer. I wonder yet what is left unsaid by Chris, I don't think that we are done hearing from Mr. Hitchens just yet.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Tinker » Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:02 pm

RIP Christopher Hitchens, you were talented with words, and you used those words to do some horrible things, your words became the justification for the slaughters of many thousands of people the world over. But you made your points well, and were not without insight.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Sparky » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:12 pm

- a journalist on the Daily Mail.
RIP indeed. It was a pleasure listening to him speak.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Azrael » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:59 pm

Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Sparky » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:19 pm

Perhaps - though self-deprecation is a very British quality.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Mr. Perfect » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:10 pm

No offense, I never found him interesting.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Demon of Undoing » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:16 pm

He was a fine champion of personal freedoms, as good as this perod has ( had). Worth listening.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby amos » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:41 am

i joined him and a few others for a cocktail once after he appeared at the boston public library to make his case that kissinger is a war criminal.....he proved that lushes have the sharpest wits....and we made a pair of lushes with our whiskeys.....now go nourish the worms.....you sir finally convinced me that that's all there is

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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Ibrahim » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:57 pm

Most apt thing I saw written about his death was on Twitter, of all places:

"You can't win. Hitchens had integrity, wit, loved Orwell, and still flunked the moral test of his generation and died a drunken jingoist."
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby the glowing carp » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:18 am

A untimely losss of a great voice.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Azrael » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:44 pm

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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens

Postby Azrael » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:45 pm

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