{"id":2657,"date":"2011-12-16T10:05:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2011-12-16T10:05:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T15:05:38","slug":"the-remarkable-mr-hitchens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2657","title":{"rendered":"The Remarkable Mr. Hitchens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had an entirely different blog post in mind for today, but sadly that will have to wait until next week. Sadly, Christopher Hitchens has died and that is something that needs talking about because he was such a remarkable person.<\/p>\n<p>Late last night, when I heard the news I posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/atheism-in-national\/hitchens-dead-at-62\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner article<\/a> on his death. But after reading it this morning, I am not happy with it. While my writing skill could never match or even come close to Hitchens, I really thought that I could do better and that I should do better. So this morning I wrote a second <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/atheism-in-national\/god-is-not-great-but-christopher-hitchens-was\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the real tribute to Hitchens didn\u2019t come after he died, but rather while he was still alive to appreciate it. Last month, atheists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/atheism-in-national\/atheists-raise-a-glass-to-hitchens\" target=\"_blank\">raised their glasses to Hitchens<\/a>. Today, atheists all over the world will surely be raising our glasses to the remarkable Mr. Hitchens.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/atheism-in-national\/hitchens-dead-at-62\" target=\"_blank\">Hitchens dead at 62<\/a> (examiner.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/12\/16\/remembering-christopher-hitchens_n_1152996.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Hitchens: Remembering The Legendary Writer And Orator<\/a> (huffingtonpost.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breakingspells.net\/christopher-hitchens-is-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Hitchens is Dead<\/a> (breakingspells.net)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/tomchiversscience\/100124525\/christopher-hitchens-an-atheist-in-a-foxhole\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Hitchens, an atheist in a foxhole<\/a> (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=2c6bf085-0ba3-4ca0-aa09-18b6def38233\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2657\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 317364;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had an entirely different blog post in mind for today, but sadly that will have to wait until next week. 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