/lit/ - Literature

>"Is there anybody here who believes in God?"
>nervous silence from the audience
>"I ask again, otherwise I think my job here is even easier than I assumed it would be."
>the audience laughs nervously
>"Is there anyone here who believes in the divinity of the Muslim, Christian or Jewish religions, and the word of its biblical teachings?"
>guy raises hands
>the audience, shocked, stares at him with a look on their faces similar to the one you'd give to a man about to be executed
>"How dare you. I repeat, how DARE you submit to this heavenly totalitarianism, this celestial North Korea! I assume you'd kill your children if God commanded you to?"
>the audience cheers, claps and yells in unison, a festival of mockery ensues. A loud laughter can be heard from those who are already familiar with the Hitch and knew what to expect. The guy is not given a chance to reply or elaborate on his specific theological views because who cares he's probably stupid anyway. Religion is deemed too stupid for discussion, that particular segment of the entire event is uploaded separately on youtube under the title "Hitchens absolutely fucking OWNS stupid religious audience member who thinks Islam is peaceful" by the user ReasonAndScience. Hitch is hailed as one of the greatest orators since Cicero. Atheism prevails, Religion fails, sorry, deal with it, bye bye.

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Why do americans praise this retarded fucking simpleton so much?

You're the third tripfriend to have studied sociology on this board.

Everyone in my class was fucking unbearable, including the lecturer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLfkYO6sz6Q&feature=relmfu

>>2432144

non-vidya?

Honestly it just seems to function as a gaming news board, now.

At least he lived to see the end of the Iraq war.

>>2135203

you're just jelly of our fascinating lives

Well he really be speaking?

I heard he had to cancel the one in Australia because he lost his voice or something?

it's like the MTV version of The Catcher in the Rye.

bin it.

>>2039299

The removed Saddam and gave the Iraqi people a good chance at democracy and freedom.

Did you even know that the prime minsiter Nouri al-Maliki is a member of socialist international?

Also I don't really hate Ayn Rand, it would be difficult for me to hate anybody who supports individual freedom, rationalism etc.

Her philosophy is too simplistic to be taken seriously by real intellectuals.

The reason her philosophy is so hated is rather because of her braindead republican supporters. Also, she's a really awful writer.

>>2028398

He's still writing articles regularly, although he can't even speak anymore.

>>1993360

>Vapid women trying to look cultured

is there any other kind

>>1969014

Hitchens is strongly against torture and capital punishment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/nov/14/afghanistan.terrorism2

>>1969016

well you're just gay.

>>1965771

The exhaust fumes of democracy.

>>1943378

>mother theresa
>genuine

>>1360074

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.