Incoherent questions put to Hitchens and Dawkins

I've noticed that in every debate these guys do there is always one mental-case in the audience.

To be fair to the first guy, he was clearly nervous and a little derailed with Christopher's rather aggressive 'stand up!' demand. The second guy was a berk: 'what I'm saying is very clear cut...'. No it isn't. The last two guys were simply on some incredible drugs.

Note to self: The Hitch certainly doesn't suffer fools.

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[sickofgod69]

As Hitchens stated it, the first guy was not incoherent, and was well stated. He said he lived under theocratic dictatorship as a child, and the debate was pointless, as a simple observation of the misery the theocracy happily hoists upon the people under it's rule, is so obvious. He hates theocracy, and was a witness to it's tyranny in his own life. How is that incoherent?

[benjamin308]

@sickofgod69 There is a caveat in the intro text about that clip.

[chipbuggerheart]

@benjamin308 Not to make a big deal of such a trivial thing but, if he was coherent and made a good point, why is he on the video? (I have read the "caveat", by the way)

[benjamin308]

@chipbuggerheart I thought it was mildly interesting/amusing and three clips wasn't quite enough. Also, as a 'question' it is certainly incoherent (the floor was opened for questions not statements).

[LuckyBugger101]

I wrote a funny comment but then worried about my grammar and didn't post it. Such is life.

[benjamin308]

@LuckyBugger101 I'm sure it'll be fine. Go for it.

[billfred51]

@zzzaaa09900 Don't worry, your comment has been down ranked now into obscurity. tolololol what a boring word to use. Even in the ironic way you did.

[ATABOFACID]

@zzzaaa09900 wow you seem like a nice person, bet your whole family tree is full of shit

[skating1611]

@HelloImMrMarr Unless you fully didn't understand the statement, he, actually has a good point...

[priestfan81]

There's a fine line between philosophising and talking out of your anus.

[tellnet]

How high is up ?

[HelloImMrMarr]

The last one to Christopher was hilarious.... "a pattern of 1010... and ending in 1" hahaha

[mouthyweasel]

I've read the "holy" books. There is no god.

[chipbuggerheart]

@benjamin308 Some questions are implicit ... he just omitted the "Do you agree?". Moderators usually (and annoyingly) demand clear-cut questions from the audience, but a statement is often more interesting and gives more room for debate - like here: watch?v=P8gTswFbKo0

Anyway, as I said, it doesn't matter. Nice video. Hitchens was certainly great dealing with hecklers and incoherent people. There are many instances of him saying "Next!" ... always funny. Dawkings is less cheeky.

[james7300]

Hilarious.