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RIP Christopher Hitchens
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jakarta
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I am paraphrasing another Great Briton (Winston Churchill) who when discussing death in the last few years of his life said something along the lines of 'I am prepared to meet my maker, whether he is prepared to meet me is another matter entirely'
No. A man has died, and you don't get to turn this into a binfest.
Start another thread another day if you really want.
Do you think after all that god slating he's 'up there'?
I know of him and his brother. And quite frankly, I much prefer peter.
I think it hasn't turned into a binfest because he was never a bigot, he didn't view the world through an ideological prism or bash facts around until they fitted a pre-determined mindset. Everybody could find something he said that resonated with them; you would have to have been a very blinkered dullard not to have appreciated his viewpoints, even if you didn't always agree with them.
EDIT: Just read some of the posts below yours by one of our own 'blinkered dullards' which kinda proves my point.
Brian Fantana
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Would that be the same 'bigot' who stood up against homophobia and the subjugation of women's rights?
ArcticBlue
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just because he was a Commodore 64 man doesn't make him special.
looney
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You are without doubt a total knob. If its a christian stance you are taking what happened to forgiveness and charity?
But I suppose Hypocricy is a strong Christian trait.
RIP CH.
Stumpy Tim
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He was an Amstrad 128 man, much like myself. Legend
ArcticBlue
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With the built in cassette player? If so you were spoilt!
Stumpy Tim
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Built in Floppy Disk player mate. Castle Quest would load in just a couple of minutes
ArcticBlue
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aah man such luxury's and into the action in just two minutes. I would have still been on the 4th load attempt with my Spectrum 48k.
That's exactly the reason. He wasn't just a tyrant, he was a mass murdering fascist tyrant. Hitchins got most things spot on - his exposure of the morally bankrupt 'left' in the West was totally correct. Supposedly liberal people marched in their tens of thousands to oppose the removal of a vile fascist dictator (Saddam) and then deserted the secular left/trade unions etc which put their heads above the parapet in Iraq after Saddam was gone. Instead they supported and gave encouragement to fascist islamists who proceeded to wipe out the very same secular left/trade union movement. Nice touch. Hitchins disgust of the likes of George Galloway was always to be applauded.
I have never ever slagged anybody off on this forum, but you are a complete and utter Dickhead.
Personally, I loved Hitchens but I understand his strident views left many cold. Regardless of how his religious or political views are interpreted, he leaves a legacy of fabulous writing and fearsome debate.
I shall miss him. RIP seems slightly wrong. A friend of mine put it better this morning. "Peaceful Oblivion, Hitch".
I shall miss him. RIP seems slightly wrong. A friend of mine put it better this morning. "Peaceful Oblivion, Hitch".
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That's not quite true. Marching against a war against a murdering tyrant doesn't mean that you support that murdering tyrant. That's a distinction that Hitchens and many of the war's supporters didn't understand.
Of course, there were people like the egregious Galloway who did support a murdering tyrant but he disgusts many people on the left and right and Hitchens' contempt for him was well merited.
Pleased to see this hasn't descended into a binfest - only one person has made unpleasant remarks and, in a way, that serves as an endorsement of Hitch's views of religion being a malign force.
Cian
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I somehow doubt his corpse is in a plane, anyway. And there's nothing else "up there" to be in.
The Merry Prankster
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And you're a Christian? f***ing disgrace.