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Thread: RIP Christopher Hitchens
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12-16-2011 #11
Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens
His politics aside, any day we lose another intellectual maverick is a bad day. RIP
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"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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12-16-2011 #13
Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens
The point about his support for the invasion of iraq (which I strongly disagreed with as well) was that he was not afraid to change his previously held view - he was not afraid to nail his colours eloquently and publicly to the mast realising that this would infuriate many of those who had previously admired him. He did not toe any party lines. He was often hugely wrong but always had plenty of arguments at hand to justify his position. He was eloquent and argued rather than quietly held back or acquiesced.
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12-16-2011 #14
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OK. Maybe you're right.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens' support for the regime change in Iraq was certainly one of his more contentious beliefs (especially in England), but I think it is quite contrary of you to compare his support in this matter to Kissinger whilst simultaneously speaking of his irrelevance. This assumes an acknowledgment of the differing levels of impact the two men could have, and as such it is not even close to a level playing field for hypocrisy. Can I support one war, whilst condemn another? Of course I can. Can I condemn violent actions, and still consider violence necessary on occassion? Yes.
I wholly disagree with your assessment of his selectivity in human rights too! He was not an apologist in the case of morality; and although his assertions on various individuals such as Kissinger or Mother Teresa can appear mean spirited or spiteful, he always argued from a position of morality (relative as that may be).
He could be accused of pomposity or superciliousness, and you are free to endorse such opinions, but he was at his heart a humanist - in all his beliefs.
Edit:
This is very true Prospero.
Last edited by loveboof; 12-16-2011 at 08:01 PM.
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12-16-2011 #17
Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens
As someone who tends to be perceived in much the same way, I can't wrap my head around the fact that he wasn't an Aquarius.
http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/zo...s/aquarius.htm
Say what you will about astrology, but I always felt that my sign sums me (and him) up very well.
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12-16-2011 #18
Re: RIP Christopher Hitchens
you're an aquarius! No wonder I dig you so....
We are the middle children of history . . . we have no great war, we have no great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives . . .
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12-16-2011 #19
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12-16-2011 #20
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lol. I'm sure everyone is aware of how I feel about astrology from your other thread
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