Good interview, but Hitchens was not all over the place in politics. He was as Ian perfectly describes, one of the few, if not the only, anti-totalitarian leftist, since perhaps George Orwell. Hitchens knew perfectly that fighting un-freedom, was the moral obligation of everyone, and lived ramming it in. God is not great, is where it had to end, because all dictatorship, and fascism, ends with the divine. Hitchens was a good human being, and fought for everyone that was not free. Cheers Hitch!
@Birdieupon That depends on what you mean by come from. Do you mean philosophically? If so, it definately doesn't come from a creator, cuz it kinda cheapens the idea of morality. If we have to be told what right and wrong is by some dude in the sky, then what does that make us? Mere pawns in a game. However, if morality is something that is in us, because of the evolutionary need for it, then it needs to be cherished and nurtured, so it can grow. Then it is truly beautiful.
Not going to feel sorry for the biggest propagandist for the Global War on Terror, and someone who wrote an article entitled 'In Defense of Endless War' for Slate.
Can you be moral without God? Maybe. But Christopher Hitchens was a perfect demonstration that no, you cannot.
Thanks for posting this and your other Hitchen vids. The sorrow I feel for the death of Hitchens- feels like I lost someone in my immediate family. We all knew it was coming soon, but it still hurts like hell.
I can tolerate the jesus bashing and telling me women aren't funny, but how dare he tell me how to make a proper cup of tea!
SuperCruz88 1 week ago
02:44 lulz at Hitch typing.
iamthe1337est 2 weeks ago
Good interview, but Hitchens was not all over the place in politics. He was as Ian perfectly describes, one of the few, if not the only, anti-totalitarian leftist, since perhaps George Orwell. Hitchens knew perfectly that fighting un-freedom, was the moral obligation of everyone, and lived ramming it in. God is not great, is where it had to end, because all dictatorship, and fascism, ends with the divine. Hitchens was a good human being, and fought for everyone that was not free. Cheers Hitch!
Faerlon123 2 months ago
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" fighting un-freedom, was the moral obligation of everyone"
Why? Where does this moral obligation come from?
Birdieupon 1 month ago
@Birdieupon That depends on what you mean by come from. Do you mean philosophically? If so, it definately doesn't come from a creator, cuz it kinda cheapens the idea of morality. If we have to be told what right and wrong is by some dude in the sky, then what does that make us? Mere pawns in a game. However, if morality is something that is in us, because of the evolutionary need for it, then it needs to be cherished and nurtured, so it can grow. Then it is truly beautiful.
Faerlon123 1 month ago
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Not going to feel sorry for the biggest propagandist for the Global War on Terror, and someone who wrote an article entitled 'In Defense of Endless War' for Slate.
Can you be moral without God? Maybe. But Christopher Hitchens was a perfect demonstration that no, you cannot.
historypoliticsbb 2 months ago
Thanks for posting this and your other Hitchen vids. The sorrow I feel for the death of Hitchens- feels like I lost someone in my immediate family. We all knew it was coming soon, but it still hurts like hell.
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