[lbo-talk] Hitchens vs. Hobsbaum

[Thomas Seay]

Hmm, what do people think of this?  Was Hitchens being
respectful or did he feel too disarmed (by being
outside of the patritioic fervor of the United States)
to spar with Hobsbaum?

-Thomas
--- Chris Doss <itschris13 at hotmail.com> wrote:

 The spirit of venomous
> attack that Hitchens is
> >famous for seemed to flash into his eyes but he was
still too respectful to land
> >a knockout blow in favour of the revolutionary
> liberal democracy to which he
> >is now committed.

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<<Be like me!  The Primal Mother, eternally creative, eternally impelling into life,

    eternally drawing satisfaction from the ceaseless flux of phenomena.>>

    -Nietzsche, "The Birth of Tragedy"

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