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Offline Sidoh

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RIP hitchens
« on: December 16, 2011, 12:50:22 am »
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2011, 06:01:11 pm »
He was the greatest modern essayist and speaker and debater.   For those who don't know him, here is a good example of his work:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/09/hitchens-201009
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 06:58:29 pm »
Quote from: Rule on December 16, 2011, 06:01:11 pm
He was the greatest modern essayist and speaker and debater.   For those who don't know him, here is a good example of his work:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/09/hitchens-201009

I'm inclined to agree. His random babbling sounded like the best of speeches prepared for presidents and prime ministers.

I'll miss him.

« Last Edit: December 16, 2011, 07:01:36 pm by Sidoh »
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2011, 12:59:16 pm »
I think I'm the only one in the world who has never read or heard of Hitchens.
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2011, 01:09:30 pm »
Quote from: deadly7 on December 18, 2011, 12:59:16 pm
I think I'm the only one in the world who has never read or heard of Hitchens.
Funny (and almost relevant) story: When I told my wife Steve Jobs was dead, she asked, "Who's that?"
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2011, 02:25:48 pm »
Quote from: dark_drake on December 18, 2011, 01:09:30 pm
Quote from: deadly7 on December 18, 2011, 12:59:16 pm
I think I'm the only one in the world who has never read or heard of Hitchens.
Funny (and almost relevant) story: When I told my wife Steve Jobs was dead, she asked, "Who's that?"

Most people don't know the people who have impacted us in huge ways; for example: Dennis Ritchie
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 02:36:59 pm »
Quote from: Blaze on December 18, 2011, 02:25:48 pm
Most people don't know the people who have impacted us in huge ways; for example: Dennis Ritchie
Really, the problem was he didn't have a turtleneck. C is just C... but a turtleneck, that's awesome!
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2011, 02:51:56 pm »
Quote from: deadly7 on December 18, 2011, 12:59:16 pm
I think I'm the only one in the world who has never read or heard of Hitchens.
Nope.  I haven't, either.

@Sidoh: You posted a picture of "Product of 4.5 billion years of natural selection.  Acted like it."  Do you think that people should behave according to natural selection?
« Last Edit: December 19, 2011, 02:56:10 pm by MyndFyre »
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2011, 03:18:51 pm »
No... and I don't really think that was supposed to be the message.

His work is worth reading, even if you don't agree with him.
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2011, 04:23:15 pm »
Quote from: Sidoh on December 19, 2011, 03:18:51 pm
No... and I don't really think that was supposed to be the message.
No?  You posted a picture of him that I was supposing was intended to be complimentary. 

What do you think was the intent of the message, if not to be complimentary?
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2011, 04:41:27 pm »
The message is complimentary in that he acted as a product of natural selection, not a missionary, carrying out the dirty deeds of natural selection, as you're seeming to suggest.
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2011, 07:36:10 pm »
Quote from: Armin on December 19, 2011, 04:41:27 pm
The message is complimentary in that he acted as a product of natural selection, not a missionary, carrying out the dirty deeds of natural selection, as you're seeming to suggest.

Yeah, that's pretty close to how I interpreted it.

After 4.5 billions years, you'd think whatever we have to show is pretty great, but we're mostly scumbag idiots. Hitchens makes me feel better about being an h. sapien.
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2011, 09:17:39 pm »


(lol at the misspelled attribution...)
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2011, 10:46:52 pm »
Quote from: Sidoh on December 19, 2011, 09:17:39 pm


(lol at the misspelled attribution...)

Just so that everyone is clear --  the guy in the above picture is Jerry Falwell not Christopher Hitchens.  :P
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Re: RIP hitchens
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2011, 10:54:37 pm »
For those who don't know much about Hitchens, the last major debate he had (it's with Tony Blair) will be available free for about 1 more day:
http://munkdebates.com/Hitch
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