http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:36:44 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/17/122716.php#comment-733575 "No time is given to opposing points of view or the drug and alcohol problems that crippled Thompson from the mid-seventies on." I agree up to a point but I think they made it rather clear that was a part of his downfall, and really they rushed over pretty much everything mid-70s on. He wasn't completely made out to be a saint as his first wife Sandy and others made clear. I would have liked to have seen some legitimate detractors speakers, much like what took place in Ralph Nader's An Unreasonable Man. "I don't think they even believe that one." If his habit was as bad as the legend made out, that's possible, but I understand your skepticism. 733575@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:36:44 EDT