[ExI] Hitch belongs to the ages

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 17:19:41 UTC 2011


2011/12/16 Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com>

> **On Friday, December 16, 2011 11:04 AM Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> ****> 2011/12/16 Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com>
> >>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2075027/Christopher-Hitchens-moral-power-polemical-fury.html
>
> >
> > The Bright I have always liked the least...
>
> Why's that? And which others one are you comparing him to?
>

Dennett, Dawkins, Stenger... I have never met him, but always found
Hitchens in his writings, well, as he is described in the obituary: very
strident and opinionated and moralistic.

This is especially disturbing to me when one is supposed to be on my side,
as it was the case with regard to monotheistic obscurantism (see
<http://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Great-Religion-Everything/dp/0446697966/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324055679&sr=1-2>
 *God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons
Everything<http://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Great-Religion-Everything/dp/0446697966/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324055679&sr=1-2>
*).

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Stefano Vaj
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