Christopher Hitchens has cancer

Cecilie · July 01, 2010, 07:11:35 AM

In the esophagus that is.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100701/en ... ediahealth

That's what you get for smoking so many cigarettes.
Best wishes.

Thumpalumpacus · July 01, 2010, 07:28:21 AM

Of course, it may be God trying to shut him up.

Tank · July 01, 2010, 09:10:40 AM

My father died of cancer 2 weeks after my 17th birthday. He had been ill since I was 13. I hope CH he gets over it, it's a horrible disease to suffer from as there is no certainty of a cure, one feels betrayed by ones own body, it's slow to kill and often painful. The ultimate proof of an imperfect evolved body vs one designed by a benevolent 'Sky Daddy'.

karadan · July 01, 2010, 10:46:24 AM

No way!!

Dretlin · July 01, 2010, 11:22:50 AM

I pray that he gets better.

Just taking the piss! That would be useless! :yay:

Jokes aside, I hope he gets he gets the treatment he needs and recovers.

pinkocommie · July 01, 2010, 11:25:07 AM

Well, I feel a bit sheepish now for being so annoyed about him cancelling his lecture here. :sheep:

Tank · July 01, 2010, 11:25:33 AM

Quote from: "Dretlin"I pray that he gets better.

Just taking the piss! That would be useless! lol

Dretlin · July 01, 2010, 11:37:13 AM

Quote from: "Tank"
Quote from: "Dretlin"I pray that he gets better.

Just taking the piss! That would be useless! lol

I am dyslexic. Sometimes errors slip through the net.

Thank you.

Tank · July 01, 2010, 01:59:21 PM

Quote from: "Dretlin"
Quote from: "Tank"
Quote from: "Dretlin"I pray that he gets better.

Just taking the piss! That would be useless! lol

I am dyslexic. Sometimes errors slip through the net.

Thank you.

I am also a bit dyslexic, if it were not for my spell checker my posts would be far more, shall we say, creative

Dretlin · July 01, 2010, 02:03:36 PM

Quote from: "Tank"I am also a bit dyslexic, if it were not for my spell checker my posts would be far more, shall we say, creative

Sadly, I am more than a "bit" dyslexic.

I am happy to talk more about this, in a different topic. I am about to go way off topic if I continue.

SSY · July 02, 2010, 03:19:43 AM

Poor man, hope he gets over it.

Sophus · July 04, 2010, 04:26:43 AM

Oh, umm.... I posted this on the What's on you mind today before I saw that this thread existed. Hope the re-post is ok:

Quote from: "I"Apparently Christopher Hitchens has cancer which has incited nuts like George Berkin to blog an open letter to Hitchens himself claiming God is "being good to him" by giving him cancer.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010 ... nt=Twitter

AsylumSeeker · July 04, 2010, 05:12:10 AM

Damn, that's terrible. I hope he gets better.

Dude was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart the other week, and Stewart mentioned how the guy looked totally trashed after so many years of hard drugs, booze inebriation, etc.

So it's finally showing, huh?

Thumpalumpacus · July 04, 2010, 07:12:38 AM

Well, he is 62.

Amnesiac2389 · July 09, 2010, 02:49:51 AM

That's horrible.

I wish him the best.

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Christopher Hitchens has cancer