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 Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today 
#3808742 - 02/20/05 10:07 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sorry, guys 
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 Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808743 - 02/20/05 10:08 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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i kinda saw something like this coming...
ah well
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808745 - 02/20/05 10:08 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808746 - 02/20/05 10:08 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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link? google sez what?
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808747 - 02/20/05 10:09 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah, just read that myself. He was quite an innovator. He even created a new style of journalism, where the author puts himself in the work. He will be remembered.
RIP H.S.T.
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"Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword"
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Making the noise "penicillin" is no substitute for actually taking penicillin.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808748 - 02/20/05 10:09 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Holy SHIT.
I just saw this on MyWay news. Wow, fucking crazy.
He will be missed.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808751 - 02/20/05 10:09 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Goodbye Gonzo.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: KackleDude]
#3808752 - 02/20/05 10:09 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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holy shit, google sez http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/news/sns-ap-obit-thompson,1,4177598.story?coll=bal-entertainment-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true
sad...
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808753 - 02/20/05 10:10 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Holy shit
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/news/sns-ap-obit-thompson,1,4177598.story?coll=bal-entertainment-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true
ASPEN, Colo. -- Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," fatally shot himself Sunday night at his home, his son said. He was 67.
"Hunter prized his privacy and we ask that his friends and admirers respect that privacy as well as that of his family," Juan Thompson said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News.
Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, a personal friend of Thompson, confirmed the death to the News. Sheriff's officials did not return calls to The Associated Press late Sunday.
Juan Thompson found his father's body. Thompson's wife, Anita, was not home at the time.
Besides the 1972 drug-hazed classic about Thompson's time in Las Vegas, he is credited with pioneering New Journalism -- or "gonzo journalism" -- in which the writer made himself an essential component of the story.
An acute observer of the decadence and depravity in American life, Thompson wrote such books as "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" in 1973 and the collections "Generation of Swine" and "Songs of the Doomed." His first ever novel, "The Rum Diary," written in 1959, was first published in 1998.
Other books include "Hell's Angels" and "The Proud Highway." His most recent effort was "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and The Downward Spiral of Dumbness."
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: KackleDude]
#3808756 - 02/20/05 10:10 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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there was madness in any direction, at any hour... You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was `right', that we were winning... And that, I think, was the handle -- the sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply `prevail'. There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave... So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark -- the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: discoabe]
#3808757 - 02/20/05 10:10 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah, it's true
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: discoabe]
#3808759 - 02/20/05 10:11 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Author Hunter S. Thompson Kills Himself
Feb 20, 11:42 PM (ET)
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," fatally shot himself Sunday night at his home, his son said. He was 67.
"Hunter prized his privacy and we ask that his friends and admirers respect that privacy as well as that of his family," Juan Thompson said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News.
Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis, a personal friend of Thompson, confirmed the death to the News. Sheriff's officials did not return calls to The Associated Press late Sunday.
Juan Thompson found his father's body. Thompson's wife, Anita, was not home at the time.
Besides the 1972 drug-hazed classic about Thompson's time in Las Vegas, he is credited with pioneering New Journalism - or "gonzo journalism" - in which the writer made himself an essential component of the story.
An acute observer of the decadence and depravity in American life, Thompson wrote such books as "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" in 1973 and the collections "Generation of Swine" and "Songs of the Doomed." His first ever novel, "The Rum Diary," written in 1959, was first published in 1998.
Other books include "Hell's Angels" and "The Proud Highway." His most recent effort was "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and The Downward Spiral of Dumbness."
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050221/D88CMDBG0.html
I wonder why he did this? Why commit suicide now?
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808763 - 02/20/05 10:13 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thats a shame, he was quite a guy so I hear.
Any motives yet to be found?
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808769 - 02/20/05 10:15 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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my friends big fear and loathing poster signed by thompson just became priceless!
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: dobinky]
#3808784 - 02/20/05 10:19 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey, I'll give your friend 5 bucks for it
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"Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword"
- John Mayer
Making the noise "penicillin" is no substitute for actually taking penicillin.
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#3808825 - 02/20/05 10:28 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: dblaney]
#3808844 - 02/20/05 10:32 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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thats...just...fucked
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: oneducktwoducks]
#3808846 - 02/20/05 10:33 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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look him up at the internet movie database www.imdb.com
it explains a bit about his depression
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: notapillow]
#3808848 - 02/20/05 10:34 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Let's get down to brass tacks here - how much for the ape?
He will be missed.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808851 - 02/20/05 10:34 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's fucking horrible.
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Burke Dennings
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: HeavyToilet]
#3808867 - 02/20/05 10:38 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is a real shame. I'm speechless. 
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808884 - 02/20/05 10:41 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is a sad day indeed.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3808887 - 02/20/05 10:41 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This isn't happening.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: HeavyToilet]
#3808889 - 02/20/05 10:42 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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kinda odd timing, about a week ago i finaly picked up fear and loating and started reading it... the ending is going to be wierd now... pretty good book so far, the movie is pretty right on, with the exception of a few parts cut, or a few sayings re-arranged...
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: notapillow]
#3808892 - 02/20/05 10:42 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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 I was just trying to lighten up the mood a bit. Certainly he wouldn't want us mourning too long
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"What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering?"
"Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword"
- John Mayer
Making the noise "penicillin" is no substitute for actually taking penicillin.
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: dblaney]
#3808916 - 02/20/05 10:45 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Wow...this is fucked.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: dblaney]
#3808934 - 02/20/05 10:47 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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sigh.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ricochet]
#3808967 - 02/20/05 10:54 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Goodbye physical illusion that was 'Hunter S. Thompson'
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ricochet]
#3808975 - 02/20/05 10:55 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I am deeply saddend by Hunter's passing. I have always enjoy his prolific ramblings which never ceased to amaze and entertain me. I feel that a lifetime lived as hard as his, was bound to end by ghastly means. I had no idea it would end like this. I will be lighting a candle tonight, and I will let it burn in remembrance of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson- A true American Hero.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3809003 - 02/20/05 11:00 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This was number one on the list of things I was NOT expecting to hear tonight.
Wow. This is a shame.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ricochet]
#3809007 - 02/20/05 11:01 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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"What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering?"
"Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword"
- John Mayer
Making the noise "penicillin" is no substitute for actually taking penicillin.
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: faslimy]
#3809009 - 02/20/05 11:01 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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What...I really don't know what to say. This blows doesn't even begin to cover it.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3809025 - 02/20/05 11:05 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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whoa
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Vvellum]
#3809085 - 02/20/05 11:17 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I cant believe it
I think the next bowl we all smoke should be for him.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Maxx]
#3809094 - 02/20/05 11:20 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Lets keep in mind that it is unknown wether the shooting was intentional or not. Hunter was a man who loved his guns. LOVED his guns. He would tote those fucking things everywhere, and really, was a hazard with them waiting to happen.
Although, I know in my heart, that life became too much for Thompson. And he was in control of the situation. Gonzo will live forever in the pages of history.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3809116 - 02/20/05 11:24 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Jisse. I leave the forums for a few hours and icons start dropping
Much love for HST
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3809118 - 02/20/05 11:25 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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OHHHHHH WWWWTTTTTFFFFFFFF NNNNNNNOoooooooooooooooooo  
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Merkin]
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I would much rather believe that it was just an accident caused by his gonzo wrecklessness. I am surprised I havnt seen this on the news. Maybe they will show the movie on cable now and do a special on him. *trys to look on the bright side*
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Maxx]
#3809154 - 02/20/05 11:33 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anyone see the funeral he has set up for himself where his ashes are shot out of a giant fist in a canister that explodes in the air while Mr. Tambourine Man is playing?
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Vvellum
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3809184 - 02/20/05 11:45 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I wonder if he wrote his last words...
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BrAiN
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Learyfan]
#3809193 - 02/20/05 11:46 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Learyfan said:
This isn't happening.
ehh he was old... everyone dies man
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: BrAiN]
#3809216 - 02/20/05 11:50 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Who will lead the fight against the Bastards now?
He has left us too soon...
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: SlackerKM]
#3809223 - 02/20/05 11:54 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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We were alright with the passings of Bukowski in 94(?), Burroughs in 97. We will be alright my friends. We will get by.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3809231 - 02/20/05 11:57 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was planning on spending time in Aspen this summer with the hopes of meeting Thompson.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3809246 - 02/21/05 12:01 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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why did he do it, any speculation? depression? illness? what the fuck.
shit
a real interesting guy. rumored jonny depp went to visit him for three days in colo before shooting and tripped on acid with him.
a shame
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ]
#3809253 - 02/21/05 12:03 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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where did you hear that rumor? just curious
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ]
#3809261 - 02/21/05 12:06 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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sometimes the pain in unbearable
and sometimes
ending it with your own hands makes sense when it hurts.
maybe he wanted upstage arthur miller?
or maybe he was tired.
I hope he had a good passing
and let go as he broke through
while ego was dissolved
by the light.
but we all let go
how can we not in the face of ultimate reality?
those who have taken high dosages of psychedelics
are perhaps better prepared to let go.
I know he did just fine.
like a drop of water
returning to the ocean.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3809265 - 02/21/05 12:07 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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honestly, no clue. word of mouth or internet prob. just a rumour
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ]
#3809274 - 02/21/05 12:09 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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good site for HST :
www.gonzo.org
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ]
#3809278 - 02/21/05 12:10 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have this horrid feeling
churning in my stomach
that this year
will consume the lives
of many
that I love
and admire
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3809296 - 02/21/05 12:17 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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got that same feeling lately. its weird. knock on wood.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ]
#3809314 - 02/21/05 12:24 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I feel sorry for those who will wake to this news tommorrow.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3809338 - 02/21/05 12:33 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Rest in peace.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: TinTree]
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ah jeez, I'm fuckin depressed now
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: DoctorJ]
#3809366 - 02/21/05 12:52 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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You and I both man.
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Edward Abbey
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Noetical
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: ]
#3809388 - 02/21/05 01:00 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This about sums it up for me;
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3809393 - 02/21/05 01:01 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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FeveredEgo said:
Anyone see the funeral he has set up for himself where his ashes are shot out of a giant fist in a canister that explodes in the air while Mr. Tambourine Man is playing?
I know of this. I watched a documentary made in the late 70s or early 80s, that talked about it. It's called "On the Road to Hollywood". The giant fist (with 2 thumbs) in the mountains.
You can try and download it from Bearshare http://www.bearshare.com/home/ p2p or something like that. that's where i got it from. I'll put it in sharing. Just type in search "fear and loathing" to find it. It's a BBC documentary.
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TheHateCamel
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3809643 - 02/21/05 02:29 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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How can you be sad about a counterculture lunatic shooting himself?
THAT IS HOW IT'S DONE!
He wanted to do it, and that's how you do it if you want to go out like a REAL rock star, you get assassinated, overdose, or blow your throat off with a shot gun.
Hunter S. Thompson gave us the perfect end to his madman legacy.
Praise real heros.
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theorganicdomino
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: TheHateCamel]
#3809685 - 02/21/05 02:54 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Let's look at this pragmatically - some people who've never heard of Thompson may see the news of his death and wonder 'what's the fuss all about', pick up a book of his and be inspired.
He may be gone but his words will always be around to kick culture up the arse.
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hawksapprentice
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: TheHateCamel]
#3809695 - 02/21/05 03:00 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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So then who would you consider a "real" hero Camel????
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Edward Abbey
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CrazyBusiness
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: hawksapprentice]
#3809777 - 02/21/05 05:09 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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A sad day, indeed, for journalism and literature communities alike. A life well spent, though 
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Life's too short, man.. Life's too short. Dont hate me, and I wont put space between us. Dont lie to me, and I wont dislike you. Keep an open mind, and I'll love you.
My advice of the week(do this, you'll like it): listen to Mahogany Rush.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: hawksapprentice]
#3809897 - 02/21/05 07:00 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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hawksapprentice said:
So then who would you consider a "real" hero Camel????
I think he meant that Hunter IS a real hero, and so he had to go out like one.
RIP RIP
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Wysefool]
#3809951 - 02/21/05 07:31 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is the worst news i have heard in a long time this has ruined my fucking.....month....
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SidiHidi
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: LooksLikeRain]
#3810021 - 02/21/05 07:58 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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RIP Hunter
I haven't read this thread entirely so forgive me if I repeat
Hunter LOVED his guns, I really don't think this was an accident, I hope he found his peace. God I will miss him so much, I wish I could explain more
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zahudulallah
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Learyfan]
#3810068 - 02/21/05 08:19 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Learyfan said:
This isn't happening.
I was utterly shocked when I heard the news when I woke up a few hours ago. At the same time though - it seemed of character of him. HST was a man who held life by the balls. It's not surprising that he chose to die on his own terms, instead of losing his dignity with severe old age. I don't think he killed himself out of despair or depression. Rather, I believe he was just "cutting to the chase".
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: zahudulallah]
#3810082 - 02/21/05 08:24 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
zahudulallah said:
I was utterly shocked when I heard the news when I woke up a few hours ago. At the same time though - it seemed of character of him. HST was a man who held life by the balls. It's not surprising that he chose to die on his own terms, instead of losing his dignity with severe old age. I don't think he killed himself out of despair or depression. Rather, I believe he was just "cutting to the chase".
My thoughts as well.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: bf6]
#3810122 - 02/21/05 08:41 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This ruined my whole night last night.
I'm still upset as hell.
I've been getting used to him coming out w/ some new book of ramblings every year or so to kick my mind back into high gear and get me thinking.
No more of his great writing is what i'll miss most.
RIP.
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If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent. -Cormac MacCarthy
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Madtowntripper]
#3810175 - 02/21/05 09:02 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Fare thee well, gonzo...
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: GRTUD]
#3810269 - 02/21/05 09:41 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was on 4g of shrooms last night when I heard the news, "How appropriate" I thought. To be in the zone I mean. I have yet to read one of his books, but like others, loved "Fear and Loathing".
I don't have to worry about getting behind on his writings now, since he obviously won't be writing anymore!!! (funny, huh?---yea, I know)
Anyway, we can live another day and we'll be happy (hopefully you guys will be happy) and he won't live another day and he'll be happy too. It's crazy like that.
Peace
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: GRTUD]
#3810272 - 02/21/05 09:41 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Respect to you HST - you were an inspiration and a hero.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3810288 - 02/21/05 09:46 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Man, what an awful thing. what an awful thing. the forces of darkness are really closing in now.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: bjjrevol]
#3810336 - 02/21/05 10:01 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thompson's passing will be mourned by many. Hunter was a man that had the respect of everyone. The very culture that he sarcastically rebelled against, understood and saw reason in his writings.
H.S.T. had left his mark on the world and will not be forgotten, every man's dream.
sleep well my friend,
dmc
Edited by dmc_ (02/21/05 10:02 AM)
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MycoCakeEater
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: dmc_]
#3810400 - 02/21/05 10:19 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Just bought On the Campaign Trail of 72' the day before he died. This cup of pod tea goes out to him.
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dblaney
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: MycoCakeEater]
#3810469 - 02/21/05 10:36 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Amen to just about everything in this thread.
He will be missed.
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"Belief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword"
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Making the noise "penicillin" is no substitute for actually taking penicillin.
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zahudulallah
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: MycoCakeEater]
#3810482 - 02/21/05 10:39 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm quite impressed with the media coverage on CNN. You would think with a radical like HST that his death would be more of a blurb, but they had guests on American Morning recalling fond memories of Hunter and everything. Wouldn't surprise me if Larry King interviews a family member or something this week. It's nice to see the culture abroad paying their respects to Hunter S. Thompson. It seems to be the big story right now.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: BrAiN]
#3810545 - 02/21/05 10:55 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
BrAiN said:
there was madness in any direction, at any hour... You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was `right', that we were winning... And that, I think, was the handle -- the sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply `prevail'. There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave... So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark -- the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
this one almost always brings me to tears.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: opioq]
#3810875 - 02/21/05 12:19 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Dust in the wind. all we are is dust in the wind...
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Society]
#3810883 - 02/21/05 12:22 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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does anyone know about that correspondence between thompson and mckenna regarding DMT? I found it a couple of year ago, but didn't bookmark the site I read it from... any help?
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zahudulallah
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: opioq]
#3810894 - 02/21/05 12:24 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
aeQea said:
Quote:
BrAiN said:
there was madness in any direction, at any hour... You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was `right', that we were winning... And that, I think, was the handle -- the sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply `prevail'. There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave... So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark -- the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
this one almost always brings me to tears.
Indeed. All of us have those "Time and Place" memories that we will never forget.. oddly enough, they are often associated with psychedelics. I tripped at an old abandoned house with a friend by a river. We camped, set up a fire, and ate acid. Needless to say, that was about 5 years ago, but it feels like an eternity. If I were to return there I would probably be brought to tears of joy.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
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GRTUD
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 Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
#3810970 - 02/21/05 12:45 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Wonder what HST would say? Let me pretend, at the sake of being criticized, at this troubling moment. (Writer prepares himself by picturing Johnny Depp doing him in the movie, F&L...)
"For fuck sake man! Pull yourself together! As your client, I order you to start making sense of all this! I didn?t do this for anyone?s sake but my own. Better dead than old, if you ask me." Wait till they see the bats, the poor bastards....
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3811012 - 02/21/05 12:58 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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THis one's for Hunter! 
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: GRTUD]
#3811059 - 02/21/05 01:09 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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maybe there will be a suicide note. if not, he is saying.
"Some may never live, but the crazy never die."
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Jim]
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Too weird to live. Too rare to die.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3811125 - 02/21/05 01:22 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
FeveredEgo said:
Sorry, guys
Thompson was a big Hemmingway fan. I'm wondering if Hunter knew he had some serious illness. I totally respect what he did and I'm even happy for him. Few people control their own demise and it fits in with his personality so well. RIP
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3811411 - 02/21/05 02:30 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Sonny Barger once said,who else but Hunter would get himself intentionally half killed by the Hells Angels just so he could put it on the cover of his book,what a guy 
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#3813180 - 02/21/05 07:32 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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How shitty, I just got into his writting and he dies...
See psychedelic audio quote in my sig
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3813344 - 02/21/05 07:57 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was having a tooth extracted this morning when I found out.
They had just put the N2O on and gave me the remote to the TV in the room and said we'll be back in a little bit. I turned to CNN and saw it.
Weird way to hear the news. A slight N2O buzz going and then that.
RIP HTS
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: chinacat72]
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a friend and I are setting up a small memorial in downtown nashville tommorrow by the courthouse on Broadway
i didnt find out until about 3 today, too much to say, no drug or gun or disease could kill Hunter, only he could.
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Noetical
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: acoostick]
#3813578 - 02/21/05 08:46 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Deepman,
That picture has been my desktop for 2 months, great pic!
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Noetical]
#3813646 - 02/21/05 08:57 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's sad to hear about this, I just found out from watching the news a few minutes ago.
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Colonel Kurtz Ph.D
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Kenny7822]
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I just watched Fear and loathing and I'm hearing it's OST. Tomorrow I'll say bye to THE man by tripping ala Raul Duke.
I'm sure he did it conciously, that man got his fate in his hands.
He did what he wanted, when he wanted, and feared no repercusions.
"Too weird to live, too rare to die"
noeticbuzz :
Yep it's great, I think it appeared in the first editions of Fear and loathing... It's amazing, untill a week ago I didn't know who this man was.
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A friend just sent me this, and I thought you guys would like to read it:
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Let's face it- the yo-yo president of the U.S.A. knows nothing. He is a dunce. He does what he is told to do- says what he is told to say- poses the way he is told to pose. He is a Fool.
This is never an easy thing for the voters of this country to accept.
No. Nonsense. The president cannot be a Fool. Not at this moment in time- when the last living vestiges of the American Dream are on the line. This is not the time to have a bogus rich kid in charge of the White House.
Which is, after all, our house. That is our headquarters- it is where the heart of America lives. So if the president lies and acts giddy about other people's lives- if he wantonly and stupidly endorses mass murder as a logical plan to make sure we are still Number One- he is a Jackass by definition- a loud and meaningless animal with no functional intelligence and no balls.
To say that this goofy child president is looking more and more like Richard Nixon in the summer of 1974 would be a flagrant insult to Nixon.
Whoops! Did I say that? Is it even vaguely possible that some New Age Republican whore-beast of a false president could actually make Richard Nixon look like a Liberal?
The capacity of these vicious assholes we elected to be in charge of our lives for four years to commit terminal damage to our lives and our souls and our loved ones is far beyond Nixon's. Shit! Nixon was the creator of many of the once-proud historical landmarks that these dumb bastards are savagely destroying now: the Clean Air Act of 1970; Campaign Finance Reform; the endangered species act; opening a Real Politik dialogue with China; and on and on.
The prevailing quality of life in America- by any accepted methods of measuring- was inarguably freer and more politically open under Nixon than it is in this evil year of Our Lord 2002.
The Boss was a certified monster who deserved to be impeached and banished. He was a truthless creature of former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover- a foul human monument to corruption and depravity on a scale that dwarfs any other public official in American history. But Nixon was at least smart enough to understand why so many honorable patriotic U.S. citizens despised him. He was a Liar. The truth was not in him.
Nixon believed- as he said many times- that if the president of the United States does it, it can't be illegal. But Nixon never understood the much higher and meaner truth of Bob Dylan's warning that "To live outside the law you must be honest."
The difference between an outlaw and a war criminal is the difference between a pedophile and a Pederast: The pedophile is a person who thinks about sexual behavior with children, and the Pederast does these things. He lays hands on innocent children- he penetrates them and changes their lives forever.
Being the object of a pedophile's warped affections is a Routine feature of growing up in America- and being a victim of a Pederast's crazed "love" is part of dying. Innocence is no longer an option. Once penetrated, the child becomes a Queer in his own mind, and that is not much different than murder.
Richard Nixon crossed that line when he began murdering foreigners in the name of "family values"- and George Bush crossed it when he sneaked into office and began killing brown-skinned children in the name of Jesus and the American people.
When Muhammad Ali declined to be drafted and forced to kill "gooks" in Vietnam he said, "I ain't got nothin' against them Viet Cong. No Cong ever called me Nigger."
I agreed with him, according to my own personal ethics and values. He was Right.
If we all had a dash of Muhammad Ali's eloquent courage, this country and the world would be a better place today because of it.
Okay. That's it for now. Read it and weep.... See you tomorrow, folks. You haven't heard the last of me. I am the one who speaks for the spirit of freedom and decency in you. Shit. Somebody has to do it.
We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world- a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us.... No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you.
Well, shit on that dumbness. George W. Bush does not speak for me or my son or my mother or my friends or the people I respect in this world. We didn't vote for these cheap, greedy little killers who speak for America today- and we will not vote for them again in 2002. Or 2004. Or ever.
Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush?
They are the same ones who wanted Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us- they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis.
And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them.
Hunter S. Thompson, 2002
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Boccherini]
#3814354 - 02/21/05 10:39 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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That man knew how to write uh?
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I don't really know what to say about this...just WOW...no more Hunter S...RIP...you will be missed.
Great little letter by the way. I wonder if he wrote anything concerning Bush's re-election.
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 Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3815343 - 02/22/05 02:07 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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I did not know that the movie was from an actual event..
I hope I don't end my life one day. I hope it just ends the normal way.
What a shame.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Fliquid]
#3815507 - 02/22/05 03:05 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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r.i.p. my only hero ever.
i miss you more than words can explain, and i wish i have gotten to meet you.
may you get fucking hammered in heaven and shoot guns at angels and prophets.
R.I.P.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Malachi]
#3815951 - 02/22/05 08:00 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Malachi said:
does anyone know about that correspondence between thompson and mckenna regarding DMT? I found it a couple of year ago, but didn't bookmark the site I read it from... any help?
That was between McKenna and Robert Hunter, not Hunter S Thompson. and it can be found here.
but most definitely RIP to - the man has been a huge inspiration to me and i'll deeply miss his insight into America...
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: Krishna]
#3816462 - 02/22/05 11:06 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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it is really unfortunate about Hunter's death but he wanted it to happen this way.he was a very unique person. does anyone know whats going to happen to Fear and Loathing 2?
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: danlennon3]
#3816883 - 02/22/05 12:57 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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RIP
I will smoke a fatty and leave the roach for you...
dont worry ... its some good shit
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: danlennon3]
#3817190 - 02/22/05 02:18 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
danlennon3 said:
it is really unfortunate about Hunter's death but he wanted it to happen this way.he was a very unique person. does anyone know whats going to happen to Fear and Loathing 2?
I was never told of this "Fear and Loathing 2"...
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: FeveredEgo]
#3822088 - 02/23/05 12:13 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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It's not fear and Loathing 2, They are/were making The Rum Diaries.... I just hope production hasn't stopped.
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Re: Hunter S. Thompson shot himself today [Re: TheDudeAbides]
#3822096 - 02/23/05 12:15 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Jesus Christ, I am still shook up, I will never forget the day/second I heard. The Last True American Hero is dead...I just hope he has a huge bottle of rum, a trusty .45, and the finest nuggs and smokes...RIP :'( : ) :'(
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