pattern recognition Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/16/christopher-hitchens-dead_n_1152786.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rumbo Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I'll never tire of watching Hitchens put people in their place with maximum wit and eloquence. RIP? nah. Just "We'll miss you" will suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 loved to listen to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Awe that's sad. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 NO. NO. FUCK NO of course he lived longer than I plan to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noise Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 feared i would be reading that at some point this year, guess this was it. a great man is lost to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 A terrible shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 That will be one fucking sweet wake! Awesome human Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Do you think he went to heaven? Too soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixxx Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I'm gutted, what a fine human we have lost, no one can ever replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 If only he'd prayed more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 On the one hand, yes he was a fine thinker. On the other, his cheerleading for the invasion of Iraq is sickening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 He was a sharp and witty man, but was not spared from some dumb opinions. Where are the next wave of public intellectuals who can and will criticize the establishments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 On the one hand, yes he was a fine thinker. On the other, his cheerleading for the invasion of Iraq is sickening. He was a sharp and witty man, but was not spared from some dumb opinions. Where are the next wave of public intellectuals who can and will criticize the establishments? True, and I was particularly annoyed when his editorial term "Islamofascism" became ammunition for the religious far-right, the same crowd who will mostly discredit him as foul-mouthed pissy atheist in the coming days. Still, he was a left-winger who became a fierce contrarian on that issue, not a pundit nor politician who jumped on a bandwagon and tried downplaying it later. His opinions were of his own intellectual judgement and considerations, he was never to be easily swayed by peers or public opinion. As Hitchens would of said: "My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line and kiss my ass." I'm gutted, what a fine human we have lost, no one can ever replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 in honor of this entertaining and always thought-provoking public speaker, I present to you....the Hitchslap! [youtubehd]mQorzOS-F6w[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 He was a sharp and witty man, but was not spared from some dumb opinions. Where are the next wave of public intellectuals who can and will criticize the establishments? I'm not sure how cheerleading for intervention is criticism. Didn't he spend most of his time criticizing dead people like Mother Teresa and Gandhi? However he certainly was sharp and witty, which is why I said "on the one hand he was a fine thinker. On the other..." He never recanted his support for the invasion of Iraq. To answer your question - you want Lawrence Lessig, Michael Geist, as well as the old hands such as Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 On the one hand, yes he was a fine thinker. On the other, his cheerleading for the invasion of Iraq is sickening. He was known for other things other than cheerleading wars? i guess he must be if so many people are sad about his death, thats the only context i have for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 True, and I was particularly annoyed when his editorial term "Islamofascism" His opinions were of his own intellectual judgement and considerations, he was never to be easily swayed by peers or public opinion. i find this personally hard to believe based on his islam writings, but i'll leave this thread to not beat a dead horse (or more specifically dead man) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 He was just a Rushdie fan who got a little too excited in 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/adios-christopher-hitchens.php lololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 looks like he was a hardline anti-israel, doesn't that even things out for his legacy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 no because even if he was on the right side of history for certain issues, his legacy of supporting the Iraq war will last forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 but then the war in iraq is almost over, israel on the other hand will continue oppressing brownish people for no reason for decades to come...so there is still hope for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 it's officially over as far as the US is concerned but hitchen's position on israel didn't stop him from being a racist sexist twathole who, with the help of richard dawkins, poisoned the idea of new atheism for anyone who isn't a straight white teenage male assclown. christ he didnt even talk about it that much, he was too busy defacing posters in lebanon and saying women aren't funny and just generally being a horrid clown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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