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As we come to terms with the loss of Hitch, UK Channel 4 provides a tribute. His good friend Ian McEwan speaks.
BBC Tribute to Christopher Hitchens
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a beautiful tribute and essential viewing for fans of Hitch.
No. Christopher Hitchens was not "contrarian". And he was not "left" or "right-wing". He was just right. Right in the meaning of opposite to wrong. Intelligence, understanding and truth does that to people. Some people.
Except about the Iraq war
He identified as a leftist..
If there was anyone who was the closest to being a deity it was the late great Christopher Hitchens! "RIP" my friend and comrade ;)) you will forever be miss!! Have to stop now have something in my eye!!!
Hitch kept his blade pointed towards those who may abuse power and violate principles to the very end, his final words being 'Capitalism, downfall."
I seem to have something in both.
@@PromethiumOxide really were they?
McEwan is one of my favourite authors. His writing is so precise, finely chiseled but not cold. He's almost like a word-surgeon. This is how I feel about him anyway. Hitchens, on his dedication of "god is not Great" said that McEwan "shows an extraordinary ability to elucidate the numinous without conceiding anything to the supernatural" and "sublty demonstrated that the natural is wondrous enough to anyone." A great way, thanks to Hitch, to articulate my thoughts.
Long live Hitch, thanks for posting!
McEwan called Hitch 'super literate' - God, how he so was, and we are all the richer
for it!
Such a great man. I and many others will miss him very much. I can't wait to see him and the fsm at the beer volcano. :D
Agreed with most you said except one or two things.Hitch,you'll never be replaced
Christopher...YOU MEAN A LOT!. I love you and hope to see other publishers of your work standing up for you. I have yet to find other videos. Always thinking.
Guy was a genius who understood. The way you were the day before you were born is the way you will be the day after you die.
1 Year today RIP comrade.
Deception is a powerful, eternal, little thing.
While others w hollow in their sorrows, Christopher writes an editorial. Just like Hitch.
Hitch we need you! What now my friend and I must call you my friend because I feel as if we are friends? Never knew you but felt I did. Never met you but felt like I did. Never felt much about the issues you had discussed but now I do.
Christopher Hitchens "A True Genius and legend"
Our faith is not a faith, he often liked to say, however I consider you Hitch as the one and only prophet and messenger that the human race has ever known, not a messenger of god, but a messenger of the mind, a prophet of wisdom and wit, a man whose words will echo in eternity and forever defy all superstitions and hypocrisies. You will live forever in our hearts. From Lebanon with love. You will be dearly missed
Thank you Christopher, thank you for your contribution to this world. Your genius brought us God Is Not Great, your logic devastated religious nuts, your free speech showed the world that fanaticism can be beaten. He did not live for god he lived to make a better world for his children, my children and your children and that is the best principle to live by. That is the principle you want to live by not the principle of some religious dogma.
A hero. If only to two finger typists such as myself. Vale Hitch.
A lot of people sling that kind of terminology around with only a superficial understanding of it. No, Hitch was not a narcissist. You are quite right that there were too many people he stuck his neck out for, as well as obviously admiring and caring for. He could have gotten pulled dangerously into the outrageous stink around Rushdie and avoided contact with him, for example, but he was the man's most consistent support through all that period of ducking and hiding.
Kudos to the backroom boys and the sonsy front-room girls at Bush House. The ten-minute tribute packs in the incomparable quiddity of a multifarious contrarian. Ian's improvised ad-libs conjure up the unfinished, but intriguing portrait, of an agonist who thrived on polemics. Chris achieved much more by 62 than sundry Methuselahs in 600 yeas. He was not only super-literate but also extraordinarily susceptible to the ubiquitous abuse of power, whether in a cathedral or a casbah.
they could'nt find a better picture
*Wikipedia: Christopher Hitchens has written of his homosexual experiences when in boarding school in his memoir, **_Hitch 22._** These experiences continued in his college years when he had relationships with two men who became a part of the Thatcher government.*
Good for him
@martinjackson909 Yeah Hitchens made money, he was also the greatest polemicist of our time truly unmatched in the world of debate. His writing and debates offer so much more of what is important to consider than the Koran and the Hadith ever will.
I'm an athiest and I'm not gay. To say that a man's sexual orientation can influence his disbelief of religion is ridiculous. His atheism comes from his high level of education that enables him to deconstruct religious beliefs due to their contradictions with proven science. If there is any correlation between homosexuality and atheism it would only imply that they are more intelligent or gay religious people are afraid to come out because of the hatred they would get from their own people
Of course it influences a man's view of religion, if he likes to do something specifically characterized as (extremely) evil multiple times by most major religions. But I think Hitch was only experimenting during school, the way a lot of British fairies apparently do. He only banged broads the last 30+ years of his life, as far as we know.
where is the video of galloway calling hitchens a trotskyist. i want to see it.
'Many young journalists can't resist him'. Let's hope so, because free thought needs people with great intellects to stand up for it, when all around, the voices of religious and political intolerance and of oppression growl more fiercely.
I only mention journalists in the same paragraph as intellects because they are the most likley voices to be heard in a noisy, western society and not because I equate journalists with having high intellects.
@CastrolJets :
Shoal!
Goal!
Parole!
@martinjackson909 Then you clearly have never read any of Hitch's work. He's been consistent on his ideals since the sixties
@tombobadillo Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin make millions from their books. I'm sure their fan-boys think they are good wirters/consistent.
Hitchens was a great thinker, intellectual, writer, etc. He also came across as a narcissistic, pretentious douchebag a lot of the time. For as great as he was in certain areas, the way he came across almost cancelled it out for me. We're all human and nobody's perfect. I just find people that have a strong narcissistic streak laughably pathetic.
@AJBuwalda If a church makes money from its followers atheists say its ALL about the money. When an atheist makes millions from books, lectures, etc. atheists say it is irrelevant. Hitchens, Dawkins, etc would be half as famous/wealthy as they are now if they weren't atheist.
09.10 - McEwanslap!!!
@charlesvan13 some of the nicest comments I got from my friends when Hitchens died, (they all know how much I idolized him) were from some of my liberal Muslim friends. The only people I know of that claim Hitchens was anti Muslim, are white Christians. He was an ally for all oppressed people regardless of their faith or lack-thereof. When Chomsky was defending the Serbian fascists, Hitchens was on the side of the Bosnians.
@martinjackson909 Context my ass. How did I take the verses I used out of context? The main message is that you better believe there is a god or that awaits is punishment. I can post loads of them and know their context quite well. So I dare you; put them into context.
The second wasn't a question, but a statement. So explain to me how the amount of money he made invalidades his argument?
@AJBuwalda 1st question: The bible's MAIN {the word mostly didn't work for you} message is love, peace, and harmony. Have you read about "love thy enemy" and "turn the other cheek"? There are a few verses out that rich atheists like Hitchens like to take out of context, for the money.
2nd question. Hitchens job title is journalist. The average income for journalists is around 40,000 dollars. Hitchens made millions (from books, lectures, etc).
I winds me up when people can't seem to grasp the idea of someone (like Hitchens) having a mixture of beliefs. The lazy polarisation of ideology and theory into a left-right dichotomy is to blame for this.
If someone has such a mixture of opinions it's not because they are 'all over the shop'. It is because they are non-partisan and form their opinions objectively, rather than forming opinion automatically, by default, based simply on which doctrine they adhere or which side they want to be on.
;(
At 6:05 what's Chesterton?
G.K. Chesterton was a writer.
how is it possible that an AUTHOR types like that xD 2:42
@AJBuwalda "The main message...you better believe there is a god...I can post loads of them...put them into context". Whats wrong/immoral/unethical/bad about believing in God when the God mainly teaches good values?
2nd question. I am not saying his arguments aren't invalid because of the money he makes. His arguments are invalid because he misrepresents religions that are mainly peaceful and moral. He does it for the money.
what are you talking about? he was never a millionaire
Just because Barack Obama was born in Kenya DOES NOT mean that Barack Obama was born in Kenya!!!
@alexanderalexandrou Re-read my previous statement and add this to it (it answers several of your questions). They would be as famous and wealthy as any ordinary academic if it wasn't for their atheism. Because of their atheism they are/were millionaires, which explains their bias when discussing religion.
@martinjackson909 Is it bias, or do they simply have some extremely good arguments against religion? I would say the latter. They may have partially done it to self-promote and make some money on the side, but this doesn't change the fact that their arguments are valid. The messenger is unimportant, it is the message that counts. Not to mention that Dawkins and Hitchens had extensive bibliographies and media presence long before getting into the atheist arena.
Brilliant man. Sometimes an arsehole but always a brilliant man.
Hitler was a Christian who wrote in his book Mein Kampf that he was doing GOD's work by eliminating the curse of the Jews! Found on the Nazi's belt buckle were inscribed the slogan "God is on our side!" They chanted these words before saluting Hitler. The Vatican/ Pope said prayers to Hitler each year on his birthday in treaty to the third right. Basically your comment relates to Religion not secular people like Hitchens.
'Because of Iraq many on the left never forgave him...' Can somebody explain this to me?
@SufferInJuly what?
@AJBuwalda "Most religions are not morale and if you had actually read the holy text in detail (like me for example) you would know that." This proves that you either intentionally or unintentionally don't get what I have been saying. "in detail"? In other words, what you are saying is "if you listen to Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins like me you will learn that there are a few verses that are immoral". The Bible's MAIN message is love and harmony. Do you deny that?
@martinjackson909 I surely do. I had never heared or known of both Hitchens and Dawkins when I decided this. Even more so, there was no internet at the time. All I had was the bible and my own mind. That was all I needed to see this was a vile text about genocide, infanticide, rape, slavery, repression of women lead by a totalitairian entity. The claims were so outrages and the evidence so non-existant that I as 12 year-old could tell this was rediculous and cruel.
Love Hitch
*HATE CHANNEL 4*
Why are u arguing with smith? Don't feed the trolls
@martinjackson909 First of, I don't care how much Hitch made with his books. It is quite frankly irrelevant. Secondly, I was raised Christian and have read the bible from cover to cover three times. Jesus did not preach love. He preached for you to leave your family behind to follow him, (Matt. 10:35-3, Luke 14:26) he did not denounce the OT but rather reinforced it (Matt. 5:17-19) and was pro-slavery (Luke 12:47-48). A few good words does not excuse all the overwhelming (cont)
@cott2696 Do you know that Jesus mostly preached love and harmony? Do you know that Muhammad commanded Muslims to give charity, honor orphans, obey their mothers? No. You listen to Hitchens (a guy who makes millions, from books, lectures and articles).
Jesus preached that you should leave your family, not worry about tomorrow, that you would go to hell if you didn’t agree with him. He never condemned slavery, which was endorsed by the bible. This is not love.
@martinjackson909 First, you did not say a word about scripture after I called you on it, what's up with that?
Secondly, how much more money was to been made if he was religious? Quite a bit more, so to imply that he "did it all for the money" rediculous and does not detract from his arguments.
@bensil34 Referring to the Sunnah of Muhammad as "the Hadith" is similar to referring to the Bible as "the Verse". Anyways, we are getting tangent. All I am really trying to say is I know religion and Hitchens isn't as impartial as his fan-boys think he is. Maybe its because of the money. Also, I suggest that you listen to people you agree with (Ron Paul, Al Gore, Hitchens) and people that you don't agree with (Hannity, Pat Robinson, read the Bible independently) with an OPEN-MIND. I'm done.
@TheJamesvanmiert "the Hadith" What is that? I suggest you learn more about Islam from actual independent research, not just Hitchen's bias work (which he made millions from). I watch Hitch videos and have studied the Bible with Christians because it is better to be open-minded. I suggest you do the same. Peace.
1st The bible said all that , but it also supported slavery, Genocide, and sexism. and a LOT of other immorality(ethically). I'd quote the verses but, its a comment , not an essay.
2nd- the other comment has answered you well enough.
Why do they always asume that opposition to the Saddam regime is right wing.
LOL..........keep the taking the pills, maybe step up the dose.
@martinjackson909 How would you like these atheists to share their thoughts if not through lectures and books? Carrier pigeons? Or perhaps, they should hand out their books for free. It is laughable to believe that such academics and intellectuals would lack success if it weren't for their atheist label. The church wouldn't have a dime if it weren't spreading its vile, primitive, unfounded dogma. And all of this is irrelevant in the conversation about what's true and valid.
be careful making assertions about people that suggest illegal practices, there are lawyers and you can be traced. Forgetting your obsession with the sexual practices of strangers, what sort person spends their days judging others? Firstly you attack homosexuals for being who they are and then you launch into a rant about perverts and beastiality and everyone but YOU is a sick pervert? Read your bible and follow the passages where you're asked not to judge - unless you wish to be judged.
@martinjackson909 We live in a free part of the world. Good for them if they made some money promoting good ideas. I find your indirect and implied attacks on their ideas due to the fact that they made some money out of them quite offensive, really. Attack their actual ideas if you have some better ones and put these obvious ad hominems to rest. It's a very tired and tediously boring christian tactic. Christianity has made a fortune promoting nonsense. You're a hypocrite.
sad such a smart man lacked common sense.so what he sold 500,000 copies in a world of billions