Amazingly, this turned out to be Hitchens' swan song! A better send-off couldn't have been scripted any better, relying not on a premonition, but on the certainty of death. How moving when Dawkins gave Hitchens «Un Abrazo de Hermano» (a brotherly hug) as we say in Spanish. Thank U, "Hitch" for having having allowed us to "hitch" a ride on your train of reason & clear thinking. Thank U for having the guts & finesse to stifle "the parties of god" in their irrational & warped tracks.
@JuzBecause Atheists have nothing on the religious when it comes to egos. Dawkins and Hitchens might be egotistical, but their intellect on their body of work has proven that they have some reason to be egotistical. At least they aren't walking around in a dress and ruby slippers pretend they speak for god.
I am heart broken over Hitchens' death but thanks to him I am more determined than ever to continue to speak in defense of reason and as Hitchens put it, the beautiful, wonderful and even miraculous reality.
@JuzBecause I have no sense of emptiness, yet enjoy alcohol perhaps to the same extent as Christopher. Explain how I and the many others like myself fit into your model?
Ive only known of christopher hitchen for the pass 2 yrs. He is some one who I have come to respect and admire. I am sadden by his death but I am grateful for his life.
“A candle that burns twice as bright, burn half as long”. Christopher had shown us what a person can do in the short time we have on this planet. He'll live on in our memories and in his work long after his death. Thank you "Hitch", and thank you for making us think and question. You’ll be missed!
"Hope is another word for faith, which Hitchens despises. "
I suggest you look in a dictionary at some point. The words are not the same and do not mean the same thing. Just put then in an otherwise identical sentence.
Well, that's the first time since his diagnosis that I've seen Mr HItchens really appear to struggle with simply speaking and standing for a few minutes. It left me more than a little shaken as Hitch has been the proverbial rock for all of us for quite a long time. It's very disturbing to see him so obviously weakened.
Bear in mind that he probably had a chemo session just a day or so before this event, and it's the chemo that leaves people so terribly weakened. So sad, but at least he's alive
@Axis050 I know, how spooky, I might have written that comment less than 24 hours before he kicked the bucket.
Obviously he looked very sick to me because he *was* very sick, with that video uploaded just a few days before as well. He actually nearly died from chemo some weeks back so he was using a new experimental drug most recently. I don't know yet whether he died from the cancer, or from the chemotherapy. One day we will think of chemo the same as we think of leeches now. Hopefully soon.
Jesus Christ on a bike! Bloody Dawkins blathered for a full TWELVE MINUTES for his introduction. What an ass. I'm going to cancel his planned eulogy for my mothers funeral.
@kanojo1969 LOL ! He hasn't got the common touch. Pompous at times, but a good heart. BTW ~ Hope your mum doesn't need Reverend Dawkins in the forseeable :)
@kanojo1969 While I agree with and admire them both, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett are stone-cold bores next to Hitchens and Harris, and Dennett makes Dawkins seem like a party.
@kanojo1969 You said of Hitchens, "he probably had a chemo session just a day or so before this event, and it's the chemo that leaves people so terribly weakened"
Don't you think that's why Dawkins spoke longer than he would have otherwise?Hitchens wasn't able to speak for very long. It just seems to me that Dawkins was in the uncomfortable position of having to "fill in the time."
@Learnerwp I know Dawkins is a genuinely nice guy (unless you are a militant agressive god botherer) so he may well have decided to talk as long as he could to lessen Hitchen's workload.
If I can see via a shitty youtube video that he looks markedly sicker than before, it must have been *very* obvious to people standing next to him. I am just astonished at the fact he was 'working' in public when he was so close to death.
@kanojo1969 Yeah. I saw this again earlier today, and I was struck by how he handled himself with so much dignity. He was to quote a phrase: A man for all seasons.
If Hitchens has cancer then he should try MoroonMoroon Bush from the Badimia people. thats the cure for cancer that no one really knows about ...but it works and thats the hope I have for him because cancer isn't a worry if you're a fighter for hope.
what's your story of hope? My story of hope is about one family and it's called the Bible. Death is a lie because only love creates. If love creates then what is pure love then? What's pure hope? If I see my family as a symbol of hope that is with me by accident and nieghbours are the same then who made that happen or did that just 'happen' to make what? What is a good life? hope and love? Just say the idea that God = pure hope & love and everything else is oblivion + chaos then I'll be happy.
@thunderwithrain Fine ~ if you require hope of an afterlife & stories to back it up, then I guess you'd better pray that's it's your Bible that's correct rather than the some other version of the Bible. Of course you're in big trouble if the Koran turns out to be 'kosher' & your book is codswollop. :)
@nightjarflying that French movie 'Of God's and Men' basically was good for that whole relationship. I hope where there's love, there is peace no matter what family story but i know what I feel in my journey so far the Bible fits with my family's story truth be told. Apart from that. Mr.Hitchens could try this cancer cure because it really works.
24:06 HE WASN'T FINISHED.
And he never will be. We miss ya Hitch!
YouMustBeKidding1 2 days ago
Amazingly, this turned out to be Hitchens' swan song! A better send-off couldn't have been scripted any better, relying not on a premonition, but on the certainty of death. How moving when Dawkins gave Hitchens «Un Abrazo de Hermano» (a brotherly hug) as we say in Spanish. Thank U, "Hitch" for having having allowed us to "hitch" a ride on your train of reason & clear thinking. Thank U for having the guts & finesse to stifle "the parties of god" in their irrational & warped tracks.
louisa1421 2 months ago
@JuzBecause Atheists have nothing on the religious when it comes to egos. Dawkins and Hitchens might be egotistical, but their intellect on their body of work has proven that they have some reason to be egotistical. At least they aren't walking around in a dress and ruby slippers pretend they speak for god.
leejs 2 months ago
26:30
That is the most moving thing I have ever seen.
hotelmario510 2 months ago
Dawkins seems quite condescending.
JAKM0976 2 months ago
It's amazing I just realised what is so good about Hitchen's orating. He speaks like a written book.
mcc4m1sh 2 months ago
Thank you, Hitch. At ease.
AJ6644 2 months ago
I am heart broken over Hitchens' death but thanks to him I am more determined than ever to continue to speak in defense of reason and as Hitchens put it, the beautiful, wonderful and even miraculous reality.
MtnMig 2 months ago 3
R.I.P. Christopher!
Your fight for education and knowledge will continue!
Desdenova262 2 months ago 3
@JuzBecause I have no sense of emptiness, yet enjoy alcohol perhaps to the same extent as Christopher. Explain how I and the many others like myself fit into your model?
Alexdurrant7 2 months ago
@JuzBecause That's quite a generalisation. Do you have solid evidence that every single atheist has a swollen ego and a need for the spotlight?
Alexdurrant7 2 months ago
Ive only known of christopher hitchen for the pass 2 yrs. He is some one who I have come to respect and admire. I am sadden by his death but I am grateful for his life.
cynt123able 2 months ago 17
@JuzBecause So arrogantly need the spotlight? You must be a troll.
1992jamo 2 months ago
This was difficult to watch. Goodbye Chris.
dayati 2 months ago
Iraq, Iraq, Iraq.
knowthetruth1492 2 months ago
“A candle that burns twice as bright, burn half as long”. Christopher had shown us what a person can do in the short time we have on this planet. He'll live on in our memories and in his work long after his death. Thank you "Hitch", and thank you for making us think and question. You’ll be missed!
Draugh39 2 months ago 10
Its so sad to hear of his demise. I feel like I lost someone from my family. RIP Christopher. You will truly be misses:(
bhriguaneja 2 months ago
The inevitable happened yesterday. Goodbye Mr. Hitchens. The world has lost a great thinker.
TheSnowballEarth 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
i guess they don't know how to focus a camera in texas
Benlaw777 2 months ago
@JuzBecause
"Hope is another word for faith, which Hitchens despises. "
I suggest you look in a dictionary at some point. The words are not the same and do not mean the same thing. Just put then in an otherwise identical sentence.
1) "I hope I win the lottery"
2) "I’ve faith I win the lottery"
Do these two sentences imply the same thing?!
Draugh39 2 months ago
Keep fighting, Hitch!
xXubermimXx 2 months ago
Well, that's the first time since his diagnosis that I've seen Mr HItchens really appear to struggle with simply speaking and standing for a few minutes. It left me more than a little shaken as Hitch has been the proverbial rock for all of us for quite a long time. It's very disturbing to see him so obviously weakened.
Bear in mind that he probably had a chemo session just a day or so before this event, and it's the chemo that leaves people so terribly weakened. So sad, but at least he's alive
kanojo1969 2 months ago 6
@kanojo1969 Not only the chemo ~ he's not allowed the holy Johnnie Walker Black Label these days. That must be a trial for the man.
nightjarflying 2 months ago 7
@kanojo1969 I'm sorry...
Axis050 2 months ago
@Axis050 I know, how spooky, I might have written that comment less than 24 hours before he kicked the bucket.
Obviously he looked very sick to me because he *was* very sick, with that video uploaded just a few days before as well. He actually nearly died from chemo some weeks back so he was using a new experimental drug most recently. I don't know yet whether he died from the cancer, or from the chemotherapy. One day we will think of chemo the same as we think of leeches now. Hopefully soon.
kanojo1969 2 months ago
Jesus Christ on a bike! Bloody Dawkins blathered for a full TWELVE MINUTES for his introduction. What an ass. I'm going to cancel his planned eulogy for my mothers funeral.
kanojo1969 2 months ago
@kanojo1969 LOL ! He hasn't got the common touch. Pompous at times, but a good heart. BTW ~ Hope your mum doesn't need Reverend Dawkins in the forseeable :)
nightjarflying 2 months ago
@kanojo1969 While I agree with and admire them both, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett are stone-cold bores next to Hitchens and Harris, and Dennett makes Dawkins seem like a party.
edwdixon5 2 months ago
@edwdixon5 Everyone are stone-cold bores compard to Hitchens.
: )
Learnerwp 1 month ago
@kanojo1969 You said of Hitchens, "he probably had a chemo session just a day or so before this event, and it's the chemo that leaves people so terribly weakened"
Don't you think that's why Dawkins spoke longer than he would have otherwise?Hitchens wasn't able to speak for very long. It just seems to me that Dawkins was in the uncomfortable position of having to "fill in the time."
Learnerwp 2 months ago
@Learnerwp I know Dawkins is a genuinely nice guy (unless you are a militant agressive god botherer) so he may well have decided to talk as long as he could to lessen Hitchen's workload.
If I can see via a shitty youtube video that he looks markedly sicker than before, it must have been *very* obvious to people standing next to him. I am just astonished at the fact he was 'working' in public when he was so close to death.
kanojo1969 2 months ago
@kanojo1969 Yeah. I saw this again earlier today, and I was struck by how he handled himself with so much dignity. He was to quote a phrase: A man for all seasons.
I hope I have as much class when my time comes.
Learnerwp 1 month ago
If Hitchens has cancer then he should try MoroonMoroon Bush from the Badimia people. thats the cure for cancer that no one really knows about ...but it works and thats the hope I have for him because cancer isn't a worry if you're a fighter for hope.
thunderwithrain 2 months ago
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what's your story of hope? My story of hope is about one family and it's called the Bible. Death is a lie because only love creates. If love creates then what is pure love then? What's pure hope? If I see my family as a symbol of hope that is with me by accident and nieghbours are the same then who made that happen or did that just 'happen' to make what? What is a good life? hope and love? Just say the idea that God = pure hope & love and everything else is oblivion + chaos then I'll be happy.
thunderwithrain 2 months ago
@thunderwithrain Fine ~ if you require hope of an afterlife & stories to back it up, then I guess you'd better pray that's it's your Bible that's correct rather than the some other version of the Bible. Of course you're in big trouble if the Koran turns out to be 'kosher' & your book is codswollop. :)
nightjarflying 2 months ago
@nightjarflying that French movie 'Of God's and Men' basically was good for that whole relationship. I hope where there's love, there is peace no matter what family story but i know what I feel in my journey so far the Bible fits with my family's story truth be told. Apart from that. Mr.Hitchens could try this cancer cure because it really works.
thunderwithrain 2 months ago
To Hitch
Though his voice may have dulled, his tongue remains sharp
Hear Hear!
behemuth 2 months ago