Christopher Hitchens | Awesome Hammer Blow! (Video)

[Woody68]

I’ve not seen this before so was in awe at his response to a cocky audience member!

Christopher Hitchens delivers awesome hammer-blow to cocky audience member! Superb stuff!

[Dave B]

Good piece, but an example of the old saying (can't remember the author), "An hour's talk I can do immediately, if you want a five minutes one I will need a week's notice."

OK, Hitch's talk was not that long but it could have been oh so much punchier if Hitch had not reiterated so much. He was a better thinker and academic than he was an orator.

Still; Hitch 1 Reliognistas 0 for that one. And, as usual, Mr Religionista did not like the response at all, you are just not supposed to use their holy things against them.

[Nick]

I'm very familiar with this clip. I think I've probably seen everything of Hitch which as ever been posted!

Good piece, but an example of the old saying (can't remember the author), "An hour's talk I can do immediately, if you want a five minutes one I will need a week's notice."

Can't remember offhand, but I think the original was a letter, not a talk....

OK, Hitch's talk was not that long but it could have been oh so much punchier if Hitch had not reiterated so much. He was a better thinker and academic than he was an orator.

D'ya think so? I love his voice and his delivery! Though it makes me want to reach for an alcoholic drink, for some reason...! I don't agree with everthing he says or writes, but I really value his tendency to make one stop and think about matters on which one might have pre-conceived ideas. What a tragedy that he is not still around .... I miss him.

[Tetenterre]

Can't remember offhand, but I think the original was a letter, not a talk....

Often attributed (by the sceptics, in particular) to Mark Twain, but the original is Blaise Pascal: "The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter." (except it was in French )

And I miss Hitch as well...


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[Tetenterre]

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