Christopher Hitchens on Rushdie (Question Time Part I)

bripat22 Says:

Jul 14, 2007 - maybe you might look into Shirley Williams LONG career of defending liberty and free expression before you choose to make such a statement.

kdehead Says:

Jul 14, 2007 - christopher hitchens is THE MAN...

stevebritgimp Says:

Jul 15, 2007 - Why are too many liberals afraid of saying things that need saying? And saying the timing is unfortunate - when would be a good time? There has been major conflict in the Muslim world, and indeed the whole world for the last x thousand years.

PeshwariNaan Says:

Jul 16, 2007 - Mr. Hitchens, I salute you.

FA8T Says:

Jul 16, 2007 - You are dam right. Liberals need to start getting nasty. Islamism is the biggest enemy of anything that could be described as liberal, unless its liberal amounts of violence. How can anyone even side with a group of people who want blood to flow 4 the crime of writing an 'offensive' novel?

FA8T Says:

Jul 16, 2007 - Denmark is lovely. I went there recently and kept having the cartoon fiasco circling around my head while I was there. It's one of the liberal and laid back countries in Europe, no doubt that's why the mullahs hate it so much.

kbfeff Says:

Jul 20, 2007 - I agree; amazed by the over-the-top comments about Lady Williams, a woman of great courage/convictions, politically/otherwise. CHitchens made "good" TV, but support for his bitchiness is unbelievable. Even audience was stunned. How many of Chris' bitches would last on QT or facing dictators, like Shirley has, in Yugoslavia/Middle East/Africa/Russia/Soviet Union, before wetting their pants; "big man" behind a computer... pathetic, indeed.

pompeyblues Says:

Jul 20, 2007 - Boris Johnson for Mayor of London!!!

dstpfw Says:

Jul 20, 2007 - Fuck off

desilinx Says:

Jul 24, 2007 - There are so many cowards in the West today that one man (C. Hitchens) stands up to muslim bullies and we treat him like a genius and a holy man. Britain, get the goddam leftists out of power and put in right-wing governments or your country will be taken over by the Islamists and believe me, that will only be the beginning of your suffering-wait till they start forcing everyone to convert to Islam or face death.

dstpfw Says:

Jul 25, 2007 - idiot

PeterAbcd Says:

Jul 28, 2007 - Colonial lackwit

MickPsyphon Says:

Jul 28, 2007 - You're correct! It is their responsibility; however, a country also has a RIGHT to defend itself. Rights and Responsibilities aren't always mutually exclusive.Iraq and many other countries in the Middle East financed, supported and facilitated terrorism and terrorist training camps. And you're only fooling yourself if you believe Saddam didn't have WMD's. What do you think he used on the Kurds? Hot water?

unalunallena Says:

Aug 6, 2007 - Great Video! Check out midwestatheist.blogspot(.com) for a huge list of great Atheist Video Links!!!(Including this video)

1L0V3C1IT Says:

Aug 11, 2007 - i remember watching this about a month ago BBC1, Hitchens (the one we love to hate), is a waffling megalomaniac strong in his belief he will, one day, have a strong Texas accent

vivatmusica Says:

Aug 12, 2007 - Christopher Hitchens is superb: we should bring him back to the UK and give him a knighthood. Shrivelled old PC windbag Shirley Williams should be deported to Saudi Arabia or Iran where she can experience free speech first hand.

lollygager3664 Says:

Aug 15, 2007 - Wow! Christopher Hitchens dominates here like their is no tommorow.

drcopernicus Says:

Aug 15, 2007 - Who was the last novelist to get a nighthood?

1nn0senseL0st Says:

Aug 21, 2007 - The whole shame about Christopher Hitchens is... he was blessed with a brilliant mind and tongue and wasted it all away on being a cock sucker of Bush war crime agenda.He could have condemned Bush in a million ways and made himself a hero... instead he agrees with the Iraq war to this day.as for the topic of the video... who the fuck cares? The british can and should give awards to whomever they like, who the hell cares if some moron feels offended

1nn0senseL0st Says:

Aug 21, 2007 - I will Hasten to add this thoIf Salman Rushdie had been called Solomon Rushstein- and his critique was of the Torah and Moses (a figure with whom no evidence of his existence has ever emerged.).. i don't not believe he would have been recieving this awardi think its my cynical nature of politics- that the Bible is constantly insulted yet not a single bad word is said about the Torah, because of the dreaded word "anti-semitism"

jbarks10 Says:

Aug 23, 2007 - Chris Hitchens is once again IMMENSE. If you can't see that, then you're a fool. Shirley Williams is a scared, inept, unpatriotic waste of space.

Dumbell99 Says:

Aug 30, 2007 - Hitchens if it wasn't for the support of the Bush crimes would be a great voice.

adrienrain Says:

Sep 2, 2007 - Midnight's Children's a lovely book & Rushdie has shown, in the long run, courage standing up to extremism. As for offending religion - even Torah - see Mark Twain, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anatole France. None of 'em were threatened with death by religious leaders. But that was before Pat Robertson.The only argument I have with this business is knighthood! I'm always sad when someone accepts a knighthood * buys in to the absurd class system.

robertk2007 Says:

Sep 2, 2007 - hitchens is a great american

paxdemocratica Says:

Sep 7, 2007 - Hitch is formidable: what a superb defence of a free press and literary freedom in the face of religious bullying. Let's get him back to the UK fast.The shrivelled PC imbecile Shirley Williams should be deported to Saudi Arabia or Iran straight away where she can experience religious tolerance first hand.