Thompson was very bitter and angry and frustrated that his views didn't get
enough support. I guess his suicide doesn't really surprise me. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:00 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Author Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide
I was for a long time an admirer of Hunter Thompson, owning most of his
books and regularly reading his other writings. Then sometime in the '80s,
after he was arrested speeding along a Colorodo back road for possession of
dynamite and marijuana, he became my hero. He was, of course, acquitted,
and I was sure I was one of those to whom Hunter spoke via his dedication in
his next book, "Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American
Dream." It read: "To all the friends and strangers and even enemies who
answered the Great Roll Call when I was seized by rabid scum who tried to
put me in prison."
He was one of a kind, and it's too bad we aren't making that kind anymore.
Much too dangerous and subversive to suit the rabid scum we've turned
government over to.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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