Christopher Hitchens

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Apr 132012
 

Today is 13th April. On this day in 1949 the late great Christopher Hitchens was born. I thought I’d share one of his many quotes:

Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

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Dec 252011
 

My small tribute.

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The Best of the Hitchslap – Part 1 and 2

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Dec 192011
 

I’d previously put up a video link from JediJesseSs to “Christopher Hitchens – The Best of the Hitchslap”. And I’ve just seen that Part 2 has now been uploaded. Both videos are shown below:

Christopher Hitchens – The Best of the Hitchslap

 

Christopher Hitchens – The Best of the Hitchslap – Part Two

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Christopher Hitchens, 1942 – 2011, R.I.P.

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Dec 162011
 

Hitchens and his works have had a great influence on my life and I have enjoyed his brilliant oratory and debating skills; a master polemicist, seeing a “Hitchslap” brought much enjoyment. His battle against cancer had hardly diminished the man’s prodigious output of work, but the effects on his body were clear.

There was some hope, some signs, that the treatments that he was receiving might just be successful. But in one of his recent articles “Trial of the Will” in Vanity Fair, where some of the effects of these treatments were described, Hitchens details his fears of losing the core of what he lives for; his ability to write and argue. It seemed that he might just be slipping away. The sad news was announced today. His legacy of work continues and will be built upon by future generations.

Hitchens will be missed and I offer my condolences to his friends and family.

From Vanity Fair:

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A tribute to Christopher Hitchens

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Nov 092011
 

The Hitch.

http://richarddawkins.net/videos/643816-video-tribute-and-toast-to-christopher-hitchens

Cheers!

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Christopher Hitchens!

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Apr 252011
 

Martin Amis pens a Guardian newspaper article on Christopher Hitchens:

Martin Amis hails the peerless intelligence and rhetorical ingenuity of his exceptional friend, Christopher Hitchens

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Christopher Hitchens: ‘You have to choose your future regrets’ – Andrew Anthony – guardian.co.uk

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Nov 142010
 

Andrew Anthony of “The Guardian” interviews Christopher Hitchens:

More discussion at:

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Christopher Hitchens Compilation

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Oct 062010
 

Saw this YouTube compilation of Christopher Hitchens talks at http://richarddawkins.net/videos/529709-christopher-hitchens-compilation which, in turn, points to http://www.atheistmedia.com/2010/10/christopher-hitchens-compilation.html

Christopher Hitchens – The Best of the Hitchslap

Brilliant stuff.

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Christopher Hitchens quote

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Sep 212010
 

A quote from Christopher Hitchens during his debate with David Berlinksi:

“[All religions] make the same mistake. They all take the only real faculty we have that distinguishes us from other primates, and from other animals—the faculty of reason, and the willingness to take any risk that reason demands of us—and they replace that with the idea that faith is a virtue.  If I could change just one thing, it would be to dissociate the idea of faith from virtue—now and for good—and to expose it for what it is: a servile weakness, a refuge in cowardice, and a willingness to follow, with credulity, people who are in the highest degree unscrupulous.” – Christopher Hitchens

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