Fry and Hitchens Discussion 1/10 (Sound Fixed)

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Uploaded by on May 30, 2008

Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens debate blasphemy at the Guardian Hay Festival in 2005.

*I have fixed various sound issues with the original recording.
*Now available as MP3 (80mins, 64mb) from here:
http://tinyurl.com/3levuy

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  • @TenWhoWereTaken haha, exactly what i thought!

  • @TenWhoWereTaken Hmmm...the bell it rang in my memory is, "I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know God is not great. You're not part of His work, He's not the thing that keeps you going. If you don't put aside this childish delusion, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life." X^D

  • I'm going to miss Christopher Hitchens but I'm thankful for the large amount of public appearances he did so that I could hear his charm and intellect that is so very rare in a world that enjoys being told bad bedtime stories.

  • @TenWhoWereTaken Damn well-spotted

  • Ha, Hitchens in an Albert Camus costume?

  • 2 of the coolest guys ever!

    

  • That photo of Hitchens is brills.

  • I miss a video as well. (Not only but especially at the end of part 7, when Cristopher Hitchens calls Stephen Fry "Sweetie".)

    Anyway, thank you for sharing! :)

  • @itchynights yes but the drive can be rationalised - it follows logic. I'm confused by your second point, buying meat isn't murder in any form, killing the animals before selling the meat is, and it is also a planned out and calculated action. What bothers me is the way it is planned and calculated, because the math is wrong, and immoral ... it's too careless.

  • @M3t4lManiac

    our "choice" to stay alive is dictated to us by our genes interacting with our environment. this is out of our control. most of us simply want to live, end of story—we don't reason to ourselves to stay alive. that we want it is enough to respect it, same with our non-human family members.

    i admire your appreciation for our moral laziness, though i would add that buying a piece of meat from any number of fast food places is killing "willy-nilly". it is utterly whimsical.

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