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Stephen Fry
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Stephen Fry
The bloke is a bloody legend.

Epic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGFS_hkHfCc

Stephen in a debate about whether the catholic church is a force for good. The whole thing is pretty darn good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqB3F6N52...re=related

A world without god:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q715ty5hLt4

And the best of all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0cJBEMiN1c
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RE: Stephen Fry
Watched all of these many times, he's one of my heros and only lives 20 miles away.
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RE: Stephen Fry
(December 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: Watched all of these many times, he's one of my heros and only lives 20 miles away.

Lucky bastard. I'd love to just sit down and chat about life with him.
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RE: Stephen Fry
A genuine national (nay, global) treasure. I have to admit I saw the title of this thread and thought "Oh no, don't say he's gone as well". For anyone interested, and by that I mean everyone, here's the full debate he did alongside Christopher Hitchens and against the horrible Ann Widdecombe and Archbishop Bishop Onaiyekan (whoever that is):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5OMNPmoVAw
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Stephen Fry
Yep, great debate. Widdecombe and the black dude got destroyed.

*Edit*

Oh silly me, I meant, the Catholic church got destroyed Wink

*Edit 2*

Damnit, I meant it got figuratively destroyed. Big Grin
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RE: Stephen Fry
(December 28, 2011 at 8:17 pm)Stimbo Wrote: A genuine national (nay, global) treasure. I have to admit I saw the title of this thread and thought "Oh no, don't say he's gone as well".

Glad it wasn't just me! Phew!



I love Stephen so much, it's always a joy to find intelligent people who can get their point across in an entertaining way.
"No-one who decides that scientific evidence is not for him and that his own experience or the stories of others is the be all and end all of deciding what's true ever has the right to call people searching for reliable, repeatable evidence narrow-minded. That is hypocrisy of the most laughable kind." Derren Brown - Tricks of the Mind.
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RE: Stephen Fry
(December 28, 2011 at 8:20 pm)Napoleon Wrote: Yep, great debate. Widdecombe and the black dude got destroyed.

So true. To be fair, it didn't need the intellectual calibre of Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens to pound those other two into the ground. It was a bit like watching Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao squashing a couple of spiders (and yes I did have to google for those names). I'm sure all of us could watch the debate and come up with refutations for every single tired point Widdecombe and black dude raised.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Stephen Fry
Just found this epic and historic interview from 1986. The legendary Kenneth Williams interviews a babyfaced Fry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&featur...8oyS_LS920
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Stephen Fry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxXcPC-PcM
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RE: Stephen Fry
Yes, Stephen has indeed BECOME a living treasure.

But how on EARTH did he manage to become such a pompous bourgeois git at only 28? Confused Fall



(wonderful seeing Kenneth Williams again)
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