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  • The best way to beat extremism...

    One of the problems I have with tackling Islamic extremism is that most of it is rooted in other countries whereas there is a much more insidious dangerous cult on our own doorsteps that we should sort out first before we start lecturing the Muslim world about how they should be living. Whilst I agree with Hitchens on most of his points I do wish ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by chunkylimey on August 17, 2009

  • The spit when you open your mouth

    ...is officious and redundantly wasteful. ''Islamic Gaza'' as you have now labeled it in the typical manner journalists such as yourself do when trying to coin new words to describe those things which you do not prefer for yourself... Well. Mr. Hitchens. Hezbollah is backed not by Iran, not by Syria and not by anything you personally can ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by M. Swaid on January 8, 2009

  • Hitchens lets his passion undermine his point

    These rants from Hitchens have entertainment value, I suppose, but as with all of today's opinion-driven media they must be taken with a grain of salt. A lot could be written, but I'll just focus on one point here: Hitchens is mistaken to think that a failure to conflate Mormonism with Christianity indicates bigotry. The teachings of Mormonism ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by ricodetroit on December 21, 2008

  • News Flash: Christopher Hitchens Seeks Catholic Confessional

    I was surprised to read Christopher Hitchens today, riding high on his moral horse as to the political, cultural and economic predations of Maximum Leader Robert Mugabe in his current Country of Residence, Zimbabwe. What people like Hitchens never seem to understand, is that morality is never just for other people, or leaders, or religious types. ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on June 10, 2008