Christopher Hitchins Rip

[muttondressedaslamb]

Lived fast, died young.

An immensely interesting man imo.

Spent last new year watching the debate between him and Blair on God.

Not sure if he buried the hatchet with his nob end brother?

[fatshaft]

What the hell? How old was he? What he die of?

[Dandyesque]

Somehow, "RIP" seems inappropriate.

 

"Dead" would be more accurate

[looksgoodinred]

What the hell? How old was he? What he die of?

 

only 62.

and dead from pneumonia (a complication of the oesophageal cancer, which he was diagnosed with in mid 2010).

[Guest milne_afc]

Is his brother the slightly right of centre journo often seen on Question Time?

 

I dinna like him.

[tup]

'A man of ferocious intellect'

 

Sounds a bit like me.

 

In that case - RIP.

[Ke1t]

I'm not fucking happy about this.

 

Not one bit.

 

I'll be purchasing a bottle of JWBL to toast the man this weekend.

 

Fell out of favour when he became an apologist for the Bush government, the same Bush he had identified as being a cretin some years earlier. But still a great man.

[muttondressedaslamb]

Somehow, "RIP" seems inappropriate.

 

"Dead" would be more accurate

 

Aye you are right. Christopher Hitchens no longer exists should've been the title thread

 

Is his brother the slightly right of centre journo often seen on Question Time?

 

I dinna like him.

 

Indeed he is. Absolute tool of a man but makes for interesting watching. I don't know who I hate more on QT, him or David Starkey. Both are complete cunts, especially about Scotland.

[barassie_afc]

Interesting man , interesting views

[Jocky Balboa]

He was a hard one to pin down, tbh. A man who grew up on the (Trotskyist) far-Left, but latterly allied himself with US interventionist foreign policy. Advocated the Iraq war, despite being anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian. A man who advocated free thought and stood against oppressive Statism, yet derided Libertarians. Someone who denounced Socialism, yet continued to proclaim himself as a "Marxist".

 

Complex thinker, for sure. The mind would boggle, trying to pick apart all of his many arguments.

[phoenix]

Respect.

 

Dear Munk Debate Member:

 

With the passing of writer Christopher Hitchens the Munk Debates wishes to pay tribute to his lifetime of contribution to the world of public debate

[muttondressedaslamb]

Well worth a watch imo. Blair comes across really weak.

It doesn't tell you the result at the end. Hitchins whipped his ass.

32% sided with Blair

68% sided with Hitchins

And Hitchins had increased his vote from one taken before the debate.

[muttondressedaslamb]

Interesting piece about a book on Hitchins. I shall be checking it out at some point.

 

He seems to divide opinion on here. I loved his contrarianism and God is not Great was great. This new book however focusses on his lurch to the right.

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jan/16/christopher-hitchens-prosecution-new-book?intcmp=239