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Thu May-17-07 09:56 AM
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| whistle
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Thu May-17-07 10:23 AM
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| 1. Christopher Hitchens seems to have swooped into a pseudo-intellectual |
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...political vacuum left open by among others William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal taking on character traits of both personae. I think Christopher Hitchens could very well be a one man debating society, but to be effective he needs other personalities present primarily as props.
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| BeyondGeography
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Thu May-17-07 10:39 AM
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| 2. Gotta hand it to Hitch on this issue |
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Edited on Thu May-17-07 10:40 AM by BeyondGeography
There is no more effective speaker on the non-religious perspective out there right now.
His discourse at the end of this clip, about resisting the temptations of salvation through imagined religious idols and false secular totalitarian ideologies while, at the same time, discovering the pleasure of thinking for one's self, is very moving.
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| trumad
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Thu May-17-07 07:51 PM
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| 9. Actually---a minute and 40 in he did. |
| ElsewheresDaughter
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Thu May-17-07 12:33 PM
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| 3. hitchen's never answered sharpton's 2nd question. |
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Edited on Thu May-17-07 12:35 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
"so you think it is only religious people who have done evil deeds in the history of the world?
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Thu May-17-07 01:45 PM
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| 5. Strawman argument. Hitchens have never said anything of the kind. |
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Thu May-17-07 08:10 PM
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| 10. He did answer that question |
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Listen again... He did answer the question. He went to some other point first, but then came back to answer the question, listen for the part that begins,
"As to the secular bad behavior..."
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| DS1
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Thu May-17-07 01:03 PM
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| 4. I'm torn between not liking the guy, and wanting to buy this damn book |
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Thu May-17-07 01:46 PM
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| 6. Buy the book. I just read it a second time. Engrossing stuff. |
| leftwingnut
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Thu May-17-07 04:15 PM
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| 8. What's the name of his latest book? |
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I just watched him bitch slap Hannity around and now I'm sold!
I gotta get that book.
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Fri May-18-07 12:15 AM
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| 11. Hitch's latest - "God is not great - How Religion Poisons Everything" |
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Thu May-17-07 04:12 PM
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Sometimes I agree with Hitchens ...
but he's still a pompous gasbag.
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