Hunter S. Thompson Dead at 67
Oh no.
Oh so very no.
From the Globe and Mail:
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The first question with any suicide is, Why?
Was it all finally too much for him?
He was great when he wrote at length about the venal anti-morality play that is America today, but he was even better when he sounded off about the betrayal of a potentially great nation. At the bottom of all the extreme prose and cataloguing of everything that was wrong, there was a seed of what he thought was right.
The pig is still in the tunnel, but Dr. Gonzo has left the building.
Good-bye.
Oh so very no.
From the Globe and Mail:
( Read more... )
The first question with any suicide is, Why?
Was it all finally too much for him?
He was great when he wrote at length about the venal anti-morality play that is America today, but he was even better when he sounded off about the betrayal of a potentially great nation. At the bottom of all the extreme prose and cataloguing of everything that was wrong, there was a seed of what he thought was right.
The pig is still in the tunnel, but Dr. Gonzo has left the building.
Good-bye.