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RIP Christopher Hitchens (pg. 2)
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| Moongoose |
| Well, considering today is friday, im going to say goodbye in a way he would approve of. With a bottle of JW red label. |
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| EgosXII |
thought he was an extremist troll tbh.
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
thought he was an extremist troll tbh.
:o |
there are few activities more extreme than writing books and newspaper articles! :conf: |
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| EgosXII |
Explosm were quick!
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| dont distract me with pretty pictures! i wanna know why hitchens is an extremist you dirty dirty philosopher. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
dont distract me with pretty pictures! i wanna know why hitchens is an extremist you dirty dirty philosopher. |
I'm writing a post about it for a thread specifically about religion. If you wait a minute, I'm sure you'll have plenty to talk about with Egos and me :D |
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| Vector A |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
thought he was an extremist troll tbh. |
Troll, certainly. And a darn good one.
As far as "extremist," I doubt that there are words sufficient to describe the willful stupidity of applying that term to him. |
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| Intellekshual |
Horrible news. :(
Absolutely gutted about this. I knew it was coming but it doesn't make it any easier..
Good night, Hitch. You are irreplaceable in my eyes. |
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| Redd |
been a lot of funny reading from Gervais' twitter today.
For Hitchens to have been an extremist his opinions have had to be: "far outside the perceived political center of a society; or otherwise claimed to violate common moral standards."
Maybe for the majority of Americans he was, but not by European standards. Conveying the truth should never be considered extremist, no matter how controversial. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Redd
Conveying the truth should never be considered extremist, no matter how controversial. |
Unless you're using a definition other than the one found in the dictionary, Hitchens was an extremist of sorts. As for conveying the truth, which I find unacceptable in his case even though I'm an atheist myself... that's tough nut to crack, so I'll just postpone this debate to the thread I mentioned earlier.
Edit: Got a better link to a more comprehensive list of definitions. |
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| Vector A |
| Ahh, so anybody who expresses unpopular views is an "extremist?" I guess that clears things up. |
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| Redd |
| are you from the states, or was it Brazil? |
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