Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose 13-Dec-02 (Part 4)

(Part 4 of 4) Christopher Hitchens of "Vanity Fair", David Rieff of "The New Republic", Harold Hongju Koh of Yale Law School and Michael Walzer, editor of "Dissent" magazine, debate the issue of overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrSfd9GURI0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J274B4mmDgY
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcZMh__AvOY

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- BerkeleyGuy

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[alivonal]

Hitch took em all on, and won

[skatebawd]

hitch is awesome, he gets life

[metanosis]

@yatter1 well, am not sure what a tosspot is, so guess you've got me there,

QED.

[yatter1]

@metanosis you´re an arrogant tosspot and worse, you don´t even know it.

[metanosis]

@yatter1

well, you didn't address the point about the excesses of atheism. Would be glad to hear your proof for the naturalistic worldview(atheism) you seem to be supporting, if it's airtight I think a Nobel prize would be in order. :) ....on prayer, you should try it, it works! you have an innate power, an agency, your thoughts have a reality beyond the firing of neurons....and advances in physics and information theory point more and more to a higher plane of existence.....

[yatter1]

@metanosis are you blind, deaf, dumb or just plain fucking deluded? There is no god, end of fucking story, if you think that there is, you have a screw loose. It´s much worse if you think that a particular religion is true. That would make you a serious wanker. I hope you´re not. I´ll pray for you...to Joe pesci

[metanosis]

@yatter1

or..monotheism has mitigated man's natural inclination for empire building and violence for centuries, and when it is abandoned by civilzations(Nazi Germany(Dawinistic Nietscheanism), Soviet Russia(Marxism), then violence,death and terrorism that makes the inquisition and crusades look like sunday tea parties is the inevitable result!!!

[yatter1]

Monotheism has had 2000 years to prove it´s case and it has failed, time to shut the fuck up.

[crush3r63]

Harold Hongju Koh was very clever to keep his eyes closed through the whole debate so that the others couldn't read his thoughts.

[KUNGFOOLERY00000]

@Maverician Surely you meant to write, 'because of its* utterly idiotic bailout plan'.

[blahblahhuh1]

'20,000 new jihadis' DIDN'T HAPPEN

'strengthening Sharon government' DIDN'T HAPPEN

Reiff said these were 'certain'.

[blahblahhuh1]

That point at the end was very important.

(Also, fyi Iran wanted the bomb to PROTECT itself from Saddam. The Iranian 'street' was PRO-regime change in Iraq. The question remaining: why does the Iranian Theocracy that beats and kills people on said street, still want the bomb with Saddam gone..?)