Christopher Hitchens at Freedom From Religion Foundation 7/7

Christopher Hitchens gives a speech at the Freedom From Religion Foundation after receiving an award. This is from October 12, 2007.

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[Brantinger]

He despises his audience and I can really understand that...

[Unknnnnn]

Carmine, I think u mistaking God for flying spaghetti monster.

It was flying spaghetti monster that gave both life and death.

He sent his Son: "The meatball" to be eaten by flying spaghetti so that salvation can be available both to spaghetti and humans.

And Flying spaghetti monster orderered u to eat only spaghetti forever.

Or you go to no-spaghetti hell. Where u are boiled with vegetables for all eternity.

U must accept flying spaghetti by faith and go to spaghetti heaven.

[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, Flirmy.

[MexxPowers]

Christopher is right, like I myself experienced in the Netherlands with a large muslim population, its they that should be in doubt.

[MexxPowers]

Jihadists reminds me of school bullies, don't annoy them you might get beaten.

Christopher is right, as I have experienced here in the Netherlands with muslims, its they that should be in doubt, in doubt is what they should be.

[hicham437]

@deagon85 My point is that democracy and prosperity should not be imported or imposed. Let them kill one another to realize the value of freedom. I mentioned slavery and the Civil South-North war just to show that we brought and fought for our freedom and prosperity. The claim that we drop bombs on civilians to kill invisible terrorists doesn't convince me. Smell some Chomsky, Edwards Said, Finkelstein, Robert Fisk, ...

[deagon85]

@hicham437 I'm addressing YOUR analogy of american slavery to your partial agreement with hitchens on interfering. slavery is wrong, so, had no civil war ocurred should another nation interfere to "right" this "wrong"? i should hope so.(what china or russia have to do with this i dont know). to its own credit America was able to "self-intefere" and solve its own problem.

The premise that America invades for oil and to sell weapons is a different issue on which i might partially agree with you.

[hicham437]

@deagon85 I thought we invaded nations and created conflicts to get their oil and sell our weapons. Of course there will be no prosperity after them. Maybe for us. I said maybe. You analogy is wrong. Who intervened to free slaves? the Chinese? Russians? Got my point

[deagon85]

@hicham437 There was a civil war fought, were thousands of americans on either side died, to destroy the concept of slavery and free those in bondage. If there was no civil war and no other nation had the right to put a stop to slavery, are you saying you doubt the outcome would lead to prosperity?

[hicham437]

While I partially agree with Mr. Hitchens point about interfering with other nations' affairs to "free people". I wonder how far and deep can we put our fingers in their noses or butts. Can a nation claim the right to attack the USA to free the slaves? ( this is back when slavery was OKAY.) Would that attack, if happened, really brought freedom and led to a prosperous America like today's. I doubt it. He mentions Oil and then switched to democracy and freedom.

[wwaalltthheerr]

in previous parts he already revealed one of his fundamental faults- religious belief in Giuliani (btw one of the masterminds of 9-11), in this part he actually acknowledged his belief that Al-Qaeda is a Muslim, independent , self sustaining organization with unlimited might and ever-presence and not merely a militious part of the criminal CIA syndicate ( read Brzezinski's "Grand Chess Board) with BinLaden personally hired by today's Sec. of Defense Gates (while in CIA)