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Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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UK Channel 4 Tribute
December 18, 2011Posted by Tom at 10:02
Labels: 2011, Channel 4, Christopher Hitchens, Ian McEwan, tribute
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I doubt that this comment will ever see the light of day, because that would require the approval of the blog author, who I assume to be the source of this pathetically witless and grotesquely meanspirited video. The extreme cowardice of this person, whose religion is self-congratulatory hatred, would preclude it, as surely as would be the inclusion of the utterance of Jesus in his final agony: "Father, why hast Thou forsaken me?" in this masterpiece of stupidity.
Horrors! Apologies for my web-ineptitude and lack of savvy---this slap-back was written in response to "1GodOnlyOne" whose inane and vicious video "On his Deathbed the Atheist Prays to God" popped up linked to the above. Apologies and respect to Mr.McEwan, whose heartfelt tribute to his friend moved me a great deal.
I never met Christopher Hitchens. I disagreed with him profoundly on many things, and yet I miss him more than I could possibly have imagined. He is on my short list of heroes, alongside another redoubtable son of England: Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They were both masters of the English language. They were both voraciously omnivorous readers, besotted lovers of books and literature; both had prodigious memories. Both were consummate writers, and both were regarded by many of their contemporaries as the most electrifying, spellbinding, and astonishingly gifted extemporaneous speaker they had ever heard. Although Mr. Hitchens would probably gruffly deny it, and his demeanor frequently belied it, I believe they were both driven by a ravenous hunger for love. Both acquired throngs of alienated friends and worshipful admirers. They were both a giant mass of contradictions and genius: inspiring, disappointing, endearing, infuriating, and unforgettable. They both had incredibly strong constitutions, and both survived for 62 years, despite an intake (that would have killed a team of horses) of an anodyne that both inspired and eventually took a heavy toll. ( For STC, the Kendal Black Drop; for Christopher Hitchens, Johnnie Walker Black.) The Ancient Mariner himself, and the brave son of the Royal Navy Commander: both rare gems, flawed, but each ultimately incomparable and unsurpassable. As Charles Lamb, his earliest and best friend, said of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "His great and dear spirit haunts me. Never saw I his likeness, nor probably the world can see again." With not a little presumption, I say the same of Christopher Hitchens, and with only the faintest trace of irony: AMEN.
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