Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair - Munk Debates Part 2 Religion is a Force for Good in the World

Munk Debates: 26th November 2010 Toronto: Pro - Tony Blair: Con - Christopher Hitchens - Part 2. Pre-Debate: Pro - 25%, Con - 55%, Undecided 20%. Post Debate: Pro - 32%, Con - 68%.

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[Bennyliz]

wow... blair seriously pulled the hitler card; I wonder if he knew he committed speech suicide by doing that against Hitchens.

[MsBudd22]

Finally moral values voiced - a breath of fresh air. Bravo Christopher.

[nazrinalaskarov]

Blair asks people not to judge theists based on extremists yet he judges atheists based on Hitler and Stalin. I pull the hypocrite card on that!

[577666]

Blair has no argument - only subjective nonsense.

[ecureuil85]

Hitchens was a wonderful man, he will be hugely missed and not forgotten.

[magictrickem]

I would like to make an eloquent comment worthy of Hitch but faced with this all I can do is say, rather violently, that Blair is a complete and utter TWAT.

[MsMaggieOC]

@leapingfury Well, I am an atheist, I'm just concerned about how other atheists seem to fall into following and hatred of others who don't agree with them. I like Hitchens and actually agree with him on most points politically, I don't agree with Blair and couldn't stand him when he was was Prime Minister but I still think his point of view deserves to be heard. That's assuming it is his actual point of view and not one he just plays on TV.

[leapingfury]

@MsMaggieOC I'm not an atheist. I just can't stand assholes like Tony Blair who lie to the public and dodge questions. Christopher Hitchens may be wrong but at least he argues logically, tries to think about issues and he's a cool guy.

[MsMaggieOC]

@leapingfury wow, is that the result of atheism and making up your own ethics? This is what bothers me if theoretically atheism was to win. If you make everyone faithless, perhaps the devil we don't know will be much worse. People would eventually go into forging odd humanist/earth-sun worship cults, or maybe there will be gangs of thugs like yourself looking to bash people's faces in with a bat who believe. Wow, can't fucking wait for that to happen.

[leapingfury]

Tony Blair is evil and he is a retard, I want a person who is actually intelligent to defend the position from faith. Tony Blair deserves a baseball bat to the face.

[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, thehumanfactorconz.