Steve DenBeste Suicide Watch
Jerry Falwell would be pleased.
“We will accept no compromise,” said a statement by Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Ishaq al-Fayad, one of the three top [Iraqi] Shiite clerics who serve beneath the most senior religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Al-Fayad said separation of religion and state must be “completely rejected.”
Ouch! That’s gonna leave a mark.
February 7th, 2005 at 9:32 am
You know that DenBeste is slowly dying from an incurable, degenerative disease, don’t you?
http://www.rishon-rishon.com/archives/060036.php
February 7th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
>>>You know that DenBeste is slowly dying from an incurable, degenerative disease, don’t you?<<<
I do now, I guess.
Of course, unless he’s blaming his disease for his diseased writings, then I’m not sure what you expct me to do.
February 7th, 2005 at 5:17 pm
Reading the comment, Den Beste doesn’t say he’s dying from the disease actually. Only that it keeps him from writing. Perhaps he declared himself to be dying elsewhere? It would certainly excuse some of the self-pity and martyrdom in the linked comment.
February 7th, 2005 at 8:39 pm
>No, you cannot guess what disease I have and you do not have >a suggestion for a miracle treatment for it.
That’s what he says. Really strange. I mean, I happen to have a health condition that has no clear origin and for which the treatment is uncertain — though it’s not fatal, thank goodness. And I don’t have any trouble naming it (MS). Why would no one be able to guess his disease? Genetic, degenerative, requiring stimulants as treatment– can’t be that hard to figure it out. I guess it just sounds strange to me, like there’s some reason why he can tell everyone about it but refuses to name it and says it’s unguessable.
Calling Dr. House!
I’m very sorry for him, as for all ill people, and hope he has better medical insurance than I do (none of my treatment is covered by my health insurance, and it’s $1200 a month). I hope -everyone- has better health insurance than that!
February 8th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
You’re a particularly pathetic character, aren’t ya?
February 10th, 2005 at 1:39 pm
Maybe he wasn’t specific because he did not want to give more ammunition to hatemongers like hesiod. Congrats on your 15 minutes of fame as a pathetic misanthrope.
February 10th, 2005 at 1:53 pm
Hesiod, Den Beste is worth a thousand of you. For one thing, he knows whereof he speaks. For another, he wouldn’t wish harm on you despite your despicable character. For a third, his generosity toward others in the Blogosphere has been legendary — including some whose views were almost the exact opposite of his.
Have a nice life.
February 10th, 2005 at 3:58 pm
Hesiod’s complaints seem a bit empty. I read the linked essay from Beste and there’s nothing remotely “diseased” about it.
February 10th, 2005 at 4:21 pm