(3/6) Christopher Hitchens at the Sydney Writers' Festival 2010.

Hosted by Neil James of the Plain English Foundation. Christopher Hitchens, Annabel Crabb and Nathan Rees discuss the varying standards of political rhetoric and the abusers of the English language. Q&A at the end.
For more videos and updates on Christopher Hitchens, please visit http://www.dailyhitchens.com/

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• 2010
• Christopher Hitchens
• Sydney Writers Festival 2010
• Annabel Crabb
• Nathan Rees

[Provoker7]

Christopher Hitchens' introduction starts at 3:00 and his presentation starts at 4:00.

[SockbatReplica]

"All politics is yokel" holy fuck Hitchens never fails to come up with the most brilliant lines.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

This presentation is surprisingly prosaic and shallow.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

"Climate Change" does not actually exist.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

The Parliament does not decide something unless the British Crown allows it to decide something.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

@yatter1,

The real government of the U.K., and of the British Commonwealth, lies in an organization known as the British Privy Council

[yatter1]

@AnonymousWhitePerson I agree entirely on your first point, but "monarchial government"? where did that come from?

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

The U.K is an economic rubbish-bin, but the British financil position is propped up by what are sometimes termed the City of London's Invisible Earnings." During the 1990s the City of London's financial raids looted continental Europe, especially Germany and Russia.

The 'Evil Oligarchy' is making a world-wide grab for raw materials and mineral resources.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Britain has in fact two governments, the first a parliamentary charade for the edification of the credulous, the other the real Monarchial government.

[SockbatReplica]

@polymath7 My favorite part of that exchange I don't know if I'm quoting this exactly or not but it was when he asked Prager to explain the secular roots to anti-semitism and he finished by saying something along the lines of "I'd like more than just your opinion this time I'd like some evidence.. for a change!"