R.I.P Christopher Hitchens...

He lived large and was one of the most well spoken articulate thinkers and writers of our time.

And he managed to offend nearly everyone (because he was usually always right) - my kind of guy.

Hitchens at his very best - YouTube


Christopher Hitchens Take On God And Christianity 2011 (R. I. P. Tribute) - YouTube

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Originally Posted by RGA

He lived large and was one of the most well spoken articulate thinkers and writers of our time.

And he managed to offend nearly everyone (because he was usually always right) - my kind of guy.

Hitchens at his very best - YouTube


Christopher Hitchens Take On God And Christianity 2011 (R. I. P. Tribute) - YouTube

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Although I didn't always argree with what Hitchens said or the way he said it, I do feel he was a greater challenger of conventional wisdom, contrarian, and iconoclast.

On the subject of organized religions he was pretty much bang-on -- basically they're all bad.

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Originally Posted by RGA

He lived large and was one of the most well spoken articulate thinkers and writers of our time.

And he managed to offend nearly everyone (because he was usually always right) - my kind of guy.

Hitchens at his very best - YouTube


Christopher Hitchens Take On God And Christianity 2011 (R. I. P. Tribute) - YouTube

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David Frum wrote:

"Christopher did not offer a model of what to think. He offered a model of how to think – and how to live. Fully. Fearlessly. Joyously."

"http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/12/16/david-frum-on-christopher-hitchens-a-man-of-moral-clarity/"

He was one of a kind. He walked it like he talked it. He was fearless and brazen but NOT cruel in a personal sense. He didn't suffer fools lightly and neither do I.

Worf