(August 5, 2010 at 4:53 am)tackattack Wrote: Eil's article was far more accurate and less biased then the one you linked leo. I hope Mr HWhile I agree that he was being condescneding and twitish in places (and probably has a history of that) and I don't feel any1 should really comment on someone elses misery other than solely supportive comments, the overall message I got was just to pray for his well being. I hope Mr. Hitchens pulls through.
No, it wasn't a message to pray for Hitchens health, it was a message to pray for him to abandon his beliefs and a unique form of victim blaming (he "deserved" it - as if all the myriad good people, Christians or not, who developed cancer deserved it).
It is villainous and vile, and should be treated as such.
A good man, Christian or not, would look upon this terrible time as an opportunity to wish well to the health of Hitchens, caring not for the efficacy, but only for a small act of kindness.
The awful man in question who is blaming Hitchens is nothing but awful and at least a not a good man.
This is 8 years of Lutheran training speaking in tandem with my three years of atheism. Bite me.
