Christopher Hitchens is still alive; and well enough to write
his weekly column for Slate. And well enough to compose a line like this one, describing Florida pastor Terry Jones (italics mine):
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The spilling of blood and the spoliation of property—all for nothing, and ostensibly "provoked" by the corny, brainless antics of a devout American nonentity, notice of whose mere existence is beneath the dignity of any thinking person.
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"...whose mere existence is beneath the dignity of any thinking person." Niiiice. We've had a few creative insults threads, but Mr. Hitchens would dominate if he were here. He loves to concoct devastating ones.
Such as about Jerry Falwell, a few days after his death: "If they'd have given him an enema, they could have buried him in a matchbox."
I love Hitchens, his odds of surviving his cancer are apparently short, but he's still going, and that made me happy today.