Christopher Hitchens, wit, liberal, bon vivant - 1949-2011 - R.I.P.

by Tasine Posted 2011/12/16 12:50:48

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Christopher Hitchens died last night of esophogeal cancer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. "Hitch" was knowledgeable about many things, and his writings were always exquisite. He could be very cutting in his remarks, but when the rubber hit the road, he seemed to be a good guy doing the right thing.

At the end, Hitchens was more engaged, relentless, hilarious,
observant, and intelligent than just about everyone else—just as he had
been for the last four decades.

“My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends,” he wrote
in the June 2011 issue. He died in their presence, too, at the MD
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. May his 62 years of living,
well, so livingly console the many of us who will miss him dearly.

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I am an avowed conservative, but I have always liked "Hitch" because I think he honestly and without malice believed everything he preached and I believe he had a big heart. May he rest in peace.

convex 2011/12/18 22:34:41

He wasn't a liberal, and he wasn't a conservative. The man had his own point of view. That alone should be respected this day and age. Too few of his kind in this world.

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Jay Theyme 2011/12/17 10:28:17

Without malice? He spend his last years writing hateful propaganda, vicious insults without about as much malice as anyone could summon. I don't want to speak ill of the dead but what he did when he was alive was all about malice.

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Bill in Niantic 2011/12/16 17:06:02

I don't care. Just another Leftist jerk.

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convex to Bill in... 2011/12/18 22:35:21

Apparently you don't know Chris Hitchens...

http://youtu.be/J7aS7m3odqI

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Bill in... to convex 2011/12/18 23:02:30

Apparently I don't/didn't want to know Hitchens.

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convex to Bill in... 2011/12/18 23:27:45 (edited)

apparently... he's a neo-marxist, fair enough. I don't think he's a leftist. His views would probably align very well with current "republican" views. cite a view that you take exception with...

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Bill in... to convex 2011/12/19 03:20:39

I don't care about him.

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convex to Bill in... 2011/12/19 10:26:55

Then why post in a thread about him?

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Bill in... to convex 2011/12/19 23:03:13

Cause I felt like it. Who are you to question why I post something?

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convex to Bill in... 2011/12/20 05:51:50

I dunno, just someone that read your post and thought that you had something to contribute...but was apparently mistaken. anyway, thanks for your post on a topic that you're completely uninterested in!

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☥☽✪☾DAW ☽✪☾ 2011/12/16 14:40:22 (edited)

+1

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oros 2011/12/16 14:01:22

+2
I agree with your sentiments wholeheartedly I will miss him the world needs more like him to challenge us with such quick intellect and rapier like wit. RIP you will not be forgotten there are few so gallant.

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