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16 Dec 2011, 1:36 am

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/chr ... 06229.html

Farewell to one of the Four Horsemen.


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16 Dec 2011, 1:43 am

He will be missed :(



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16 Dec 2011, 1:53 am

And just look at all the wonderful and loving Christians who've commented on that article. :roll:

Anyway, goodbye Mr. Hitchens, you will be missed.



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16 Dec 2011, 2:06 am

dmm1010 wrote:
And just look at all the wonderful and loving Christians who've commented on that article. :roll:


Ah, so i'm not the only one that noticed the blatant ad hominem attacks in those comments.


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16 Dec 2011, 4:17 am

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Ah, so i'm not the only one that noticed the blatant ad hominem attacks in those comments.

Unfortunately they're difficult to miss.



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16 Dec 2011, 6:21 am

Eurgh, nearly all of those Christians are commenting that he is burning in hell, was being punished and is getting what he deserved.

I feel disgusted by the religion of forgiveness



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16 Dec 2011, 7:34 am

He was a courageous, honest, principled man. We need more like him.


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16 Dec 2011, 1:47 pm

R.I.P.

hope his spirit is free and happy to be beyond the sickness.



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16 Dec 2011, 6:56 pm

Godspeed - - even though Hitch didn't believe in a God.

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17 Dec 2011, 3:57 am

A dead person is no more. All we can do is rejoice that he/she existed and be happy with the works they leave behind. It will be a while before there is another Christopher.

Look:

Mark Twain --> H.L. Mencken --> Christopher Hitchens --> ???

How long and who?

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17 Dec 2011, 4:51 am

ruveyn wrote:
A dead person is no more. All we can do is rejoice that he/she existed and be happy with the works they leave behind. It will be a while before there is another Christopher.

Look:

Mark Twain --> H.L. Mencken --> Christopher Hitchens --> ???

How long and who?

ruveyn


Maybe ruveyn? 8)

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17 Dec 2011, 5:20 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
A dead person is no more. All we can do is rejoice that he/she existed and be happy with the works they leave behind. It will be a while before there is another Christopher.

Look:

Mark Twain --> H.L. Mencken --> Christopher Hitchens --> ???

How long and who?

ruveyn


Maybe ruveyn? 8)

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Not me. I do not have the talent for it.

ruveyn



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17 Dec 2011, 6:20 am

ruveyn wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
A dead person is no more. All we can do is rejoice that he/she existed and be happy with the works they leave behind. It will be a while before there is another Christopher.

Look:

Mark Twain --> H.L. Mencken --> Christopher Hitchens --> ???

How long and who?

ruveyn


Maybe ruveyn? 8)

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer[/quot

Not me. I do not have the talent for it.

ruveyn


Don't sell yourself short. :)

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17 Dec 2011, 11:19 pm

May he rest in peace.


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17 Dec 2011, 11:24 pm

Actually, Hitchens was infamous for speaking ill of the dead, so I'm pretty sure he's having a good laugh about all the nasty things being said of him.


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17 Dec 2011, 11:46 pm

PM wrote:
Farewell to one of the Four Horsemen.


Who are the other riders in this quartet?


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