For all those who are sick and tired of Adobe Reader's (1) endless security flaws, (2) bloated development, (3) continous desire to check for updates, and (4) adding a desktop icon whenever it updates itself try:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/It works, it's fast, it's simple. Just turn off the usual requests to install additional stuff that you don't want if you just want a free, lightweight PDF document reader.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.