Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies


Showbiz | 208264 hits | Jul 31 10:12 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday, his nephew said.

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  1. by avatar Scape
    Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:26 pm
    Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn."

    "We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not even a democracy. We are a sort of militarised republic."

    "A good deed never goes unpunished."

    "Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little."


    RIP sir.

  2. by Thanos
    Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:39 pm
    His legacy as a fiction writer and as a historian of the Roman republic/early empire is unchallengable. Unfortunate in his later years Vidal lost a huge amount of credibility with his whole-hearted embrace of wild-eyed conspiracy theories. He was about the most public face that ever had the gall to claim that Tim McVeigh was innocent of the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing. It was tragic that a talent and an intellect of such power lowered himself to associate and promote that kind of devious and hate-filled thinking.

  3. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:59 pm
    "Thanos" said
    He was about the most public face that ever had the gall to claim that Tim McVeigh was innocent of the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing.


    Vidal was the one who pointed out that McVeigh, as a Constitutionalist, never had a driver's license and he had never registered his car. That's how McVeigh came into custody was for driving an unregistered vehicle without a license.

    Vidal then asked the question which still has not been answered:

    If Tim McVeigh had never had a driver's license then how did he rent a Ryder Truck since they require people to present a driver's license?

    ***************************

    Myself, I've always wondered why anyone would bother to legally rent a truck in their own name to use for killing a few hundred people? If it was a suicide bomber, well sure. But McVeigh wasn't a suicide bomber, was he?

    Seriously, if McVeigh really did this then you have to wonder what was in his mind?

    Mass murder is okay but, hey, simply stealing a truck for the crime, oh no, that would be . :?

  4. by Lemmy
    Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:09 am
    "BartSimpson" said
    Myself, I've always wondered why anyone would bother to legally rent a truck in their own name to use for killing a few hundred people? If it was a suicide bomber, well sure. But McVeigh wasn't a suicide bomber, was he?

    Seriously, if McVeigh really did this then you have to wonder what was in his mind?

    Mass murder is okay but, hey, simply stealing a truck for the crime, oh no, that would be . :?

    You shouldn't have executed him. You should have kept him around, like Manson, for research purposes.



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