] Hunter S. Thompson's ESPN column was scrubbed of
] controversy late Monday afternoon when online editors
] worried the famed gonzo journalist had gone too far.

HST has a way with words. Specifically, "Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these [Abu Ghraib] photographs did."

[ Yeah, that's one way. One that causes me to stop paying attention. I'm as critical as the next guy of Bush, and of toturing fucks, but come on, really. Does Thompson really expect me to believe that Auschwitz shocks him less than Abu Graib? Sure. -k]

ESPN SCRUBS HUNTER S. THOMPSON BUSH BASH