Christopher Hitchens and Tony Jones - Sydney Opera House 1/11

Recorded by the ABC
6th Oct 2009

Hitchens You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/hitchenschannel
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Part 1 You Are Here
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0QaANfWopw
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxQcUJHzeE
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8foPx_9p3c0
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W6VBmuj_Ss
Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjeBndgYBco
Part 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHfQILkw5Os
Part 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeX5vG3f61Y
Part 9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnaRs2nNEdA
Part 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2eDx7aXfSk
Part 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6miyGSkU6w
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If there were any doubts about writer and general provocateur Christopher Hitchens ability to pull a crowd, they were entirely dispelled by the sold-out opening night of the first ever Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Presented by the Sydney Opera House and the St James Ethics Centre, the Festival brought together some of the more controversial thinkers from Australia and around the world. Hitchens's keynote address, followed by a discussion with our own Tony Jones, was an expansion on his bestselling, "God is Not Great: Religion Poisons Everything". Hitchens was at his polemical best, delivering a beautifully constructed speech supporting his argument that religion is not only completely implausible, but often actively destructive.

Christopher Hitchens's other books include "Letters to a Young Contrarian", "Why Orwell Matters" and "The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice." He also writes a regular column in "Vanity Fair".

ABC Fora website
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/fora/stories/2009/10/06/2706358.htm

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[dreamextreme7]

terrible start 4 hitchens..

either he is tired as hell or he's just getting warmed up.. possibly both

[AtheistArchives]

Fair call

He does spark up - dry 'ol bugger

[dreadpiratedan]

no links

[AtheistArchives]

lol - I am in the middle of uploading them hehe

goto the doco section or wait 1 min

[AtheistArchives]

linky in

[niginit]

I'm almost positive I've viewed this previously. I'm sure I'll still enjoy it, though.

Thanks

[skormz10]

I love you for uploading this! If there was a God, he would definitely be Christopher Hitchens

[MilitantPeaceist]

@cshubs

Yep - I want him to see a few more years - I hope he does too.

This is the time to be sending as much love as we can his way. Any gesture, even your's & now mine.

Don't think of what could happen, it happens to all of us. We just want him happening for a fair bit longer 8))))

[cshubs]

Please get well, Hitch.

[Nosy1993]

This is my favorite Christopher Hitchens lecture ever. Watching it for the second time now (I saw it the day after it happened on youtube the first time I watched it)