Hitch gets an amusing death threat
At the risk of this blog turning into yet another mere platform for Hitch-worship, let me draw your attention to a posting on the Dudes website:
I receive lots of threats in one form or another, but the following has a peculiar interest in that it is signed. The website of the Atlantic Monthly received the following posting at 12.44 a.m. on 18 July:
"Christopher Hitchens will be executed at 12.00 noon GMT on 20 July" The communication was followed, perhaps inadvertently, by the name joshjackson2009@yahoo.com I have to say that I admire his punctiliousness in respect of Greenwich time.
I have written to Mr Jackson to say that I shall be unable to keep the appointment and that he will have to reschedule it. I have also advised him that in cases of this kind I like to know details about place of employment, social security number, credit rating, family connections and all the rest of it. He has not thus far responded. If any readers have any light to shed, I would be grateful to hear from them.
Christopher Hitchens
I propose we form a militia with the sole purpose of protecting the Great Man. Leave the pitchforks and burning torches at home, instead bring something more modern, like an M-16 or shotgun.
Who is with me?
-posted by Adam
