>>Didn't Eminem just win a Grammy? The youth must be
>>suckers for the "inflated style."
>
>An excellent analysis! I always wondered if spewing
>Hitchens quotes in resonse to substantive questions
>was a helpful mode of argument/advancement. Invoking
>unrelated entertainers as a defense of Hitchens'
>(coterminous with/determinative of your own) position
>or the "inflated style" it's presented in is even less
>helpful.
>
Who said it was a defense of Hitchens's position? Some quote Chomsky and others. Does this necessarily mean these people determine the quoters' positions? Maybe they just agree with them.
Peter