Christopher Hitchens vs. Shashi Tharoor (3-9)

Christopher Hitchens battles Shashi Tharoor, chaired by Joan Bakewell Vigorous late-night debate around the Danish cartoons, David Irving, and contrarian culture. Tharoor is Under-Secretary General for Communications at the UN and a novelist.

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• atheism
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• Agnostic
• Disbelief
• Belief
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• Christopher Hitchens
• Sashi Tharoor
• danish
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• muhammed cartoons
• muhamemd
• islam
• free speech
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• David Irving
• culture
• clash of civilizations
• UN
• Joan Bakewell
• Vigorous

[Pineconevolved]

I find mosques and churches offensive, their books, their songs, their clothes!! And these nutters are offended by a cartoon, fuck you religion you're useless and has no place in this day and age.

[eldadevata]

This UN representative is the best example why the UN meetings are so impotent and incompetent at promoting human rights and the global values based on them. This entire “multicultural” vomit, that dare compare every culture as equal, and dare say that some of us must respect ignorance, irrationality and hate just because some are or chose to be retarded even in the 21 century, is preposterous. No wonder religious and national fanatism is on the rise.

[srikiraju]

There's idealism and then there's reality. People are going to get offended regardless of what you do. "Free speech" is only as free as your community allows you. The governments can only protect you so much. This is Shashi Tharoors' point. Can't do shit against a mob of crazy people man. :/

[sooperfukker]

I thought it was the purpose of Satire to cause offence ?!?

[droitnow]

@solidarity2205 Tell them you would find the publisher and kill him/her and anyone else who helped him/her do it. Then blow up the building where the publisher is based. You'll be fine - the world media will take your side because you were offended.

[solidarity2205]

I too am for free speech, someone asked me what if someone publishes nude/pornograhic doctored images of your mother or sister? what would I do? I had no answer.

[yourjunk420]

@timewilltell7 Well said!!!

[yourjunk420]

Fuck Islam, Mohammed, and any other religion. Now, come find me and try to impose your righteous laws, and see what happens. Some might forget that some people aren't afraid of religious bullies and are more capable of delivering a vicious beatdown.

[TomValedro]

@Pineconevolved Lets burn a church.

[Pineconevolved]

@cocaftw123 hip hip