So much whining on this thread...

Want to quit vim? How's about:

1- Hit ctrl-z

2- Type "kill -9 %"

3- Hit enter

Result: dead vim. Heck, dead anything that was previously on the foreground.

This works with emacs, vi, nano, and, I guess pretty much everything, since ctrl-z is captured by the shell and never gets sent to the application (I think).