Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

[H2Andy]

I don't see an ideological agenda here. I believe he has hit the nail on the head. On both counts. Two nails?

well, you would, wouldn't you?



you guys are birds of a feather on this issue (yes, i remember the ghosts of threads
past)

by the way, are those nine-inch nails?

 

[divad]

is this a good time to mention i have no fragging clue what you're talking about?



and yeah, we all go. when someone who matters to you goes, it's a bit different.

Re a clue: I was talking about a cigarette. You were close to Hunter S. Thompson?
Sorry about that.

 

[H2Andy]

oh no, i never met him... but i thought his early work was brilliant,
and he influenced what little style i have when writing non-fiction

no worries, mate

 

[theskull]

well, you would, wouldn't you?



you guys are birds of a feather on this issue (yes, i remember the ghosts of threads
past)

by the way, are those nine-inch nails?

Nope, regular dime-store bent nails. I have no agenda, but I do have a philosophical bent. And also realize that my view of life is bent compared to most other carbon-based life-forms. Thankfully, I have never been bent, at least not while diving . . . now what happens at Yoga class is another story altogether.

Peace and good will to y'all,
theskull

 

[pilot fish]

Well, no offense, but what do you mean? Do you really believe its only "booze and drugs" that kills them? What addiction kills the rest of us?

Might have been the way I phrased it. I meant, it was a shame that a man with his talent left too early and was tormented from his addictions, booze, drugs, and propably depression, to the extent that he killed himself. It's a loss.

 

[pilot fish]

well... i intend to die through my addiction to oxygenated blood

but i think pilot fish has a point. it seems that the personality type that goes
along with "gonzo journalism" tends to let the mind-altering substances get
the better of them.

Yes, that's it, he died of his excesses. He couldn't go to a book signing without a drink in his hand. He was incoherent at times. It really is sad.

 

[Green_Manelishi]

I don't see an ideological agenda here. I believe he has hit the nail on the head. On both counts. Two nails?

theskull

It's a typical liberal response to anyone with a belief different from theirs; they can't debate on the facts so they just scream loudly for the other side to shut up.

 

[H2Andy]

Green, will you shut up if i whisper?

 

[bob1dp]

"Yes, that's it, he died of his excesses."

Or did he die of his excuses?

"To be the Buddha you must kill the Buddha"

 

[BigJetDriver]

Poor guy, he probably saw bats coming out of the ceiling one too many times!

"C'est la boody guerre, non?" as the Brits are wont to say! :11: