----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:44 PM Subject: Hitch gloats
> Guardian (London) - November 14, 2001
>
> Ha ha ha to the pacifists
> Christopher Hitchens
>
> There was a time in my life when I did a fair bit of work for the
> tempestuous Lucretia Stewart, then editor of the American Express
> travel magazine, Departures. Together, we evolved a harmless satire
> of the slightly drivelling style employed by the journalists of
> tourism. "Land of Contrasts" was our shorthand for it. ("Jerusalem:
> an enthralling blend of old and new." "South Africa: a harmony in
> black and white." "Belfast, where ancient meets modern.") It was as
> you can see, no difficult task. I began to notice a few weeks ago
> that my enemies in the "peace" movement had decided to borrow from
> this tattered style book. The mantra, especially in the letters to
> this newspaper, was: "Afghanistan, where the world's richest country
> rains bombs on the world's poorest country."
I see Hitch's rhetoric (obnoxious) and his "argument" (generally nonexistent, unless you consider series of artful ad hominems to be the height of reason) haven't changed with his ideological allegiances.
-- Luke