In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011

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  1. Ward

    Ward A Stepford Husband

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    Funny how you put such words in others' mouths and then say they're the ones bringing down the thread
    Ward, Dec 16, 2011
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  2. We Are Borg

    We Are Borg Republican Democrat

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    13 Awesome quotes from Mr. Hitchens:

    1. “It [Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize] would be like giving someone an Oscar in the hope that it would encourage them to make a decent motion picture.”

    2. “Hatred, though it provides often rather junky energy, is a terrific way of getting you out of bed in the morning and keeping you going. If you don’t let it get out of hand, it can be canalized into writing.”

    3. “A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.”

    4. “Cheap booze is a false economy.”

    5. About Sarah Palin: “She’s got no charisma of any kind, [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.”

    6. “If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.”

    7. “The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that ‘if English was good enough for Jesus, then it’s good enough for me’.”

    8. About Mother Teresa: “She was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.”

    9. “Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.”

    10. “[O]wners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”

    11. About George W. Bush: “He is lucky to be governor of Texas. He is unusually incurious, abnormally unintelligent, amazingly inarticulate, fantastically uncultured, extraordinarily uneducated, and apparently quite proud of all these things.”

    12. About Michael Moore: “Europeans think Americans are fat, vulgar, greedy, stupid, ambitious and ignorant and so on. And they’ve taken as their own, as their representative American, someone who actually embodies all of those qualities.”

    13. “The four most overrated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics.”
    We Are Borg, Dec 16, 2011
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  3. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    I bet he was BEGGING to God during his final moments. He better have been.
    TheLonelySquire, Dec 16, 2011
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  4. actormike

    actormike Okay, Connery...

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    Even those of us who don't say that sometimes get cancer and die.

    :shrug:

    RIP, Hitch. The world just got bit dumber.
    actormike, Dec 16, 2011
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  5. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    Despicable person. That some would choose his views is also really telling.
    TheLonelySquire, Dec 16, 2011
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  6. John Castle

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    Sense of humor; you need one.
    John Castle, Dec 16, 2011
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  7. Phoenix

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    Jesus fucking tapdancing Christ, from under what rock did you just crawl out from?
    Phoenix, Dec 16, 2011
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  8. Diacanu

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    Diacanu, Dec 16, 2011
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  9. Dr. Krieg

    Dr. Krieg Stay at Home Astronaut. Administrator Overlord

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    Still banned from TBBS, are we? :lol:
    Dr. Krieg, Dec 16, 2011
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  10. Amaris

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    Cut him some slack, this is the only attention he gets, so he feeds on it like it's god's hairy tit. :lol:
    Amaris, Dec 16, 2011
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  11. RickDeckard

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    Hitchens > Jesus.
    RickDeckard, Dec 17, 2011
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  12. Demiurge

    Demiurge Goodbye and Hello, as always.

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    Not even if Jesus is a complete figment of someone's imagination.
    Demiurge, Dec 17, 2011
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  13. The Exception

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    [​IMG]
    The Exception, Dec 17, 2011
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  14. Diacanu

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    Diacanu, Dec 17, 2011
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  15. Order2Chaos

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    False dichotomy.
    Order2Chaos, Dec 17, 2011
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  16. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Eh, no one's gonna click that...here...

    Diacanu, Dec 17, 2011
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  17. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    ^ TLDR
    Muad Dib, Dec 17, 2011
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  18. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    Never liked him, but I'm sorry he was suffering.

    I'm sorry he's passed on too, but I'm also glad his suffering is over.
    Sean the Puritan, Dec 17, 2011
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  19. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    The tributes are popping up all over...

    [yt=Tribute]D-ZUXyGWvJY[/yt]
    Diacanu, Dec 18, 2011
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  20. RickDeckard

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    Did anyone hear about Hitchens' deathbed conversion.?

    RickDeckard, Dec 18, 2011
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  21. RickDeckard

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    RickDeckard, Dec 19, 2011
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  22. Black Dove

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    Too bad he was wrong.
    Black Dove, Dec 19, 2011
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  23. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    So, those posts where you pleaded a lack of certitude as to what "ghosts", actually are, those were a pack of lies, huh?
    Diacanu, Dec 19, 2011
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  24. Black Dove

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    Death is only the beginning. Imhotep said so.

    [​IMG]
    Black Dove, Dec 19, 2011
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  25. Diacanu

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    [yt=On the occasion of Kim's death]f40TRJl5vvI[/yt]
    Diacanu, Dec 19, 2011
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  26. Dan Leach

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    And yet again I have to agree and call bollox on the myth of 'no atheists in a foxhole'.
    From all accounts ive ever heard, people in mortal danger or mortally wounded dont call out for god (even the religious ones), they generally call for their mothers :shrug:
    Dan Leach, Dec 19, 2011
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  27. Quincunx

    Quincunx anti-anti Staff Member Administrator

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    Quincunx, Dec 19, 2011
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  28. Quincunx

    Quincunx anti-anti Staff Member Administrator

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    The honesty and dignity of not collecting stamps? :diacanu:
    Quincunx, Dec 19, 2011
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  29. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Yeah, stamp collecting sucks.
    :diacanu:
    Diacanu, Dec 19, 2011
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  30. Volpone

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    Terminal cancer is not a "foxhole". A foxhole is a hole in the ground that you dig and hide in so that someone you've never met before that is wearing a different uniform doesn't shoot an explosive shell of hot iron shrapnel at you and shred your body into hamburger. And if you've any idea what it is like to be shelled you sure as fuck would believe in prayer while it is happening. Because, except for God, there is absolutely nothing preventing that next shell from bursting over your position. So even if you don't believe, you're not doing anything but waiting to die so what does a little prayer hurt? :marathon:
    Volpone, Dec 19, 2011
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