In Honor of The Hitch

[wenshu]

"Making rules about drinking can be the sign of an alcoholic,' as Martin Amis once teasingly said to me. (Adorno would have savored that, as well.) Of course, watching the clock for the start-time is probably a bad sign, but here are some simple pieces of advice for the young. Don't drink on an empty stomach: the main point of the refreshment is the enhancement of food. Don't drink if you have the blues: it's a junk cure. Drink when you are in a good mood. Cheap booze is a false economy. It's not true that you shouldn't drink alone: these can be the happiest glasses you ever drain. Hangovers are another bad sign, and you should not expect to be believed if you take refuge in saying you can't properly remember last night. (If you really don't remember, that's an even worse sign.) Avoid all narcotics: these make you more boring rather than less and are not designed—as are the grape and the grain—to enliven company. Be careful about up-grading too far to single malt Scotch: when you are voyaging in rough countries it won't be easily available. Never even think about driving a car if you have taken a drop. It's much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don't know quite why this is true but it just is. Don't ever be responsible for it.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22

[sanjuro_ronin]

Definetly my favorite "militant atheist"
I enjoy his debating style and his unapologetic approach to religion.
He may not always be right ( and in terms of Christian theology is is usually wrong) but who is?
Broke my heart when I found out about his cancer.

[sanjuro_ronin]

For those that don't know, Christopher Hitchens died from esophogal cancer.

[bawang]

grandpa mao is my favorite militant atheist.

[David Jamieson]

Half the godhead of the atheists has died...

[Lee Chiang Po]

Originally Posted by bawang

grandpa mao is my favorite militant atheist.

For 30 or 40 years he ate the exact same thing every day for lunch. What was it?

[David Jamieson]

Originally Posted by Lee Chiang Po

For 30 or 40 years he ate the exact same thing every day for lunch. What was it?

the eyeballs of children he had executed?