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Christopher Hitchens, Farewell

zarocatzarocat Posts: 1,901
edited January 2012 in A Moving Train
Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62. Esophageal cancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQorzOS-F6w
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    oh no. :cry:



    RIP hitch.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    :( I was dreading this news, and it feels even worse now that it's here. It's a great loss. May he fare well, even if he only lives on in his work.
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,063
    RIP

    It's funny how people on twitter are reacting to #GodIsNotGreat . Religious people not taking it well
    I miss igotid88
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    so so sad, what a smart man
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    religion makes good people do bad things
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    ‎"“The finest orator of our time, fellow horseman, valiant fighter against all tyrants including God” – Richard Dawkins

    http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 5173_n.jpg
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Spectacular writer and thinker.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Spectacular writer and thinker.

    Indeed. Minus that whole Iraq War thing ;)
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    stickfig13 wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Spectacular writer and thinker.

    Indeed. Minus that whole Iraq War thing ;)

    :lol::lol: ... yeah and is support of W. ... haha
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,897
    I didn't always agree with him, but I was never bored reading him. That is the sign of a great writer.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    stickfig13 wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Spectacular writer and thinker.

    Indeed. Minus that whole Iraq War thing ;)
    That's the thing, I didn't always agree with him, but still well written.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i loved hitch...like others, i didn't agree with everything he wrote but it was a pleasure to read



    this cracked me up

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/fumbli ... osi,26890/

    :lol:
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    He was a bit too fond of his adjectives, and his bombast quotient outweighed his dialectic, but he was the best public debater of his time.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... -ZUXyGWvJY

    ‎"Farewell, great voice. Great voice of reason, of humanity, of humour. Great voice against cant, against hypocrisy, against obscurantism and pretension, against all tyrants including God. Farewell, great warrior. You were in a foxhole, Hitch, and you did not flinch. Farewell, great example to us all" - Richard Dawkins

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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    :cry:
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    stickfig13 wrote:
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Spectacular writer and thinker.

    Indeed. Minus that whole Iraq War thing ;)
    +1

    i could never get past his support for bush and the war.

    aside from those 2 things i had great respect for the man.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    From @TheTweetOfGod:

    Christopher Hitchens is stunned. Not only that I exist, but that he'll be staying up here. What can I say? I love the bastard. #riphitch

    If you're not on the damn Twitter, you should be, if only to follow the tweets of God. :thumbup:
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    IJDYy.jpg
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
  • Timewaits4no1Timewaits4no1 Posts: 388
    arq wrote:
    IJDYy.jpg


    :lol: :P :lol: ...haha. I love the cig and cocktail.
  • zarocatzarocat Posts: 1,901
    arq wrote:
    IJDYy.jpg
    :lol:
    1996: Toronto
    1998: Barrie
    2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills
    2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal
    2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
    2006: Toronto X2
    2009: Toronto
    2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton
    2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula
    2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo
    2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit
    2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2
    2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
    2022: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
    2023: Chicago X2
    2024: New York X2
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