By Douglas V. Gibbs
I am not a fan of Christopher Hitchens, and I am sure if he knew who I am he wouldn't like me either. He is a staunch atheist, and is so anti-religion it borders on madness. He doesn't see a whole lot of difference, for example, between Christianity and Islam. However, like a broken clock that can be right twice a day, occasionally Mr. Hitchens nails it right on the head. He may have it wrong generally about the followers of Jesus Christ, but he understands the dangers of Islam fully.
Here is a transcript of a classic rant by him:
If you want to avoid upsetting these people, you have to let Indonesia commit genocide in East Timor, otherwise they’ll be upset with you. You’ll have made an enemy. If you tell them they can’t throw acid in the faces of unveiled women in Karachi, they will be annoyed with you. If you say we insist, we think cartoonists in Copenhagen can print satire on the Prophet Mohammad, you’ve just made an enemy. You’ve brought it on. You’re encouraging it to happen.
So unless you are willing to commit suicide for yourself and for this culture, get used to the compromises you will have to make and the eventual capitulation that will come to you. But bloody well don’t do that in my name because I’m not doing it. You surrender in your own name. Leave me out of it.
I am going to fight these people and every other theocrat ALL … THE … WAY. All the way. For free expression, for women’s rights, for self-determination of small peoples, for the right of Iraqis to federate and have their own show, for the right of the Lebanese to not be bullied by Hezbollah and to have a multi-cultural democracy.
Yes, I’ll fight for this and I think the 82nd Airborne is brave to be fighting for it too. I think you should be ashamed for sneering at people who guard you while you sleep. Thanks.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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Religion is innately irrational so it does border on madness. It is simply based on superstition which we clung to as we tried to explain our world before the empirical method brought much better explanations. It is a terrible left-over from our past that needs to be cast aside in order to grow as a human species.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what part of this ‘rant’ is actually a rant? You post this as you agree with it, yet still insist on calling it a ‘rant’. Hi-larious. Now I must go in order to pray to the great Ju Ju of the mountains.
You may not believe in God, but He believes in you. I will say a prayer for you.
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