Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Hating the message

But learning to love the man...

Hitch is who he is.

This interview is a revelation.*

Hitchens once wrote a line that has almost gained the status of philosophical epigram or even scientific dictum: "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." Although it echoes Wittgenstein's famous injunction regarding the ineffable – "Whereof we cannot speak, therefore we must be silent" – Hitchens's version is less a "no entry" sign than a civic reminder to place rubbish in the bin.


I hated Hitch when he went of the rails in the '90s regarding the Clintons (See The Clinton Wars) and lost further respect for him for his support of the Iraq War.

But then he subjected himself to "aggressive interrogation techniques" and called it what it is.



With that, and his rhetorical smack downs of Andrew Sullivan, I started warming to him, and then there was God is Not Great which continues to make me happy.

Anyway, best of luck, Hitch, and get well soon.

*Yes, it is the Guardian, and I am who I am.

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