fuck, this makes things very shitt.


RIP HST!

Definitely had an interesting life... Sad to see him gone.

RIP Hunter. :(

I have this sinking feeling that if Hunter S. Thompson felt it was time to give up the good fight, then we are all fucked. Of course, I have a cold, so maybe that is the fever speaking.

bump - respect R.I.P.

ohh fuck :( R.I.P :(

A gun finally did what many years of temerarious drug use could never do.
He was brilliant, and his death seems only to be a worthy closure of his amazing life.
A man like Hunter S. Thompson couldn't die in his sleep.

RIP

glad someone else posted a thread on this, mine disappeared. i will miss his words. i think he was just tired of all the bullshit. i feel his pain. :Oh crap :(

Captain, O Captain...

Among his last writings:


"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.

Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who
among us can be happy and proud of having this
innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine?
These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and
fooled by stupid rich kids like George Bush?

They are the same ones who wanted to have 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."

damn always sad to hear

Very sad, RIP Hunter

An amazing talent...I loved his books....

this is very true. wouldn't be a weird enough end. ;]

god this sucks. :(

Uncle Duke.....

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0221-29.htm

I couldn't agree more. One of the most important cultural figures in America of the last half century. I hated his politics, but loved his humor, insights, and style. I thought I'd bust a gut watching Depp portray him in Fear and Loathing.... His description of Gonzo, his attorney, is one of tne of the great lines of modern literature:

"...one of God's own prototypes. Never even considered for mass production..."