Debate: Hitchens V. Hitchens 

XVopere L he rarely changes his mind on logic and reason

Im sure some schmuck has made that.

I also came for this 😂

@@joshjohnson3347 But if it were done truly well...

XVopere L He’d still win.

Peter is kind of a weird puritan though. He seems to attract a pretty big audience of white supremacists as well

@@RogueAstro85 interesting... Yeah like I said I wasn't aware of him before this but I'm a big fan of Christopher and was somewhat surprised by how vehemently opposed Peter was to his outlook on religion. Just wasn't expecting it from the sibling of one of the most famous modern atheists. But then of course blood relation doesn't at all necessarily entail agreement on such matters. That's a shame, they must be like polar opposites in that regard.

Those are literally the only things they have in common, apart from being related I mean.

They’re both insufferable scumbags but they’re very entertaining

Christopher, for me, is a great deal more charming and engaging. Peter is a goofy prick!

Which one?

FPS Peter only had one brother.

@@Zachd500 twas a jest

FPS not a very good one considering he used his first name.

@@Zachd500 its a good joke.

So true.

Hmmm. I'd argue that they are more suited to a platform like RU-vid, where people that want to watch them, can do whenever they like, rather than be locked to a TV schedule to try and catch them. Your idea, whilst I'm sure comes from a good place, has a problem that you kind of allude to yourself in your last sentence. Nobody forces anybody to watch anything on TV, unless (to use one of Christopher's favourite analogies) you are in N.Korea or the like. And if people in general wanted to watch this kind of stuff on TV, then it would already be on there. Broadcasters and advertisers would make sure of that. The facts are, whether we like it or not, the vast majority of people do not want to watch this kind of thing. And if you want them to, then you would have to force them to. A televisual dictatorship, if you will. 😉

It's not being force to us. We choose to watch it. What is being force to us is you forcing this. Even though I agree with you

Christopher says just because something is untamable does not mean we should not strive for it, and in the same breath calls the golden rule evil because it's untamable. The selective logic masked by wit and a British accent is comical.

Speak for yourself, i like ‘low entertainment’

Pro tip!

The bullshit of the century? Religion I see now why you don’t pay taxes! Because you love money doing nothing..

The snark!

The best part of it all 😂

no

Which Hitchens?

​@@slimturnpikeHitchens, of course. Y'know, the one with the accent.

@@HOTD108_ both have the accent XD

I agree - which Hitchens? 😂

I would like to inform you that in two minuets your ten is up and It's time for my rebuttal

I don’t think any reasonable person would dispute that. He’s very wrong about his belief in god though so not everyone can get it all right!

A stopped clock is right twice a day

+Joe Lynch LOL

+Joe Lynch same

I fully agree with you on this statement Joe.

On the contrary... I disagree with Hitchens on the war and agree with Hitchens on religion!!

No. I disagree with Hitchens on the war, but I disagree with Hitchens on religion. And at the same time agree with you.

Which Hitchens? I’m so confused to much brains to many Hitchens

Saber Oh, nice seeing you again YT algorithm... lol

420 blaze it oh shoot what’s up? 😂

Oh dear

Hey you trippin’ bro? Hitchens wiped the floor with him!

Sinead O'Connor?

Alex O'Connor @@apolicum

Tom O'Connor?

Des O'Connor?

Brian O'Connor?

42

lol

Deutsch

😂

@Joe Menguy you are a genius

Good one, best comment on here lol.

It is also obvious that he lost

Are you deaf!? Hitchens embarrassed himself, clearly Hitchens won.

First name Justin, Last name Credible

And other Gettier beliefs

Christopher is no longer with us sadly.

@@jimmynich4791 always two there are, a master, and an apprentice. No more no less.

And now there is only about one hundreth of them

@@jimmynich4791 how come?

@@jerrylion45 He died of cancer a few years ago.

I preferred the front and third.

Yeah dude, this one got so personal the heat felt like a playoff game or a wrestling pay per view. They waited their whole lives for this it seems lmao. Either way, this was Christopher’s peak in my opinion, he was just too dangerous in the 2000’s throughout his 50’s. His experience, wisdom, and eloquence is just inspiring. I don’t know if I really buy him as a philosopher, but as a journalist, a contrarian, and as an essayist he is just too splendidly dangerous. Love this man

Christopher says just because something is untamable does not mean we should not strive for it, and in the same breath calls the golden rule evil because it's untamable. The selective logic masked by wit and a British accent is comical.

I liked the diagonal and seventh.

​@@B90-y6n , nobody who had wisdom would have liked Tony Blair then or since, let alone never renounce the invasion of Iraq.

Dirk Knight as in?

alexis Juillard ones American lol

@@yehboi6646 And so is your comment. Very American. Takes a stab at offering a thought without really making a good case for it. As a constantly embarrassed expat reading posts abroad, let me offer help. "one's" as in "one is". Not a plural of ones. A large volume of 1s. Clarity of speech. It's what Hitchens and the educated lot over there do so much better than our best could ever hope for, and our worst, like our politicians, are just fucking embarrassing to hear. Aspire to communicate clearly, and, perhaps, even, beautifully. No, you're not laughing out loud, "ARF ARF ARF". you are maybe, at most, chuckling to yourself. Spell it out man. be expansive, we have time to waste reading it. It's comments, the ultimate time waster. LOL WTF MLF . Really? Just feeling and doing and thinking and writing exactly what millions of other apparently only semi literate people are? Is that really all you gots home wipe? Pity. And by the way, no, he's not American. Not really, His kids might be, but he's a Brit living in the US, as I am an American living in Germany. 20 or 30 years of assimilation does not overpower the original programming. Jah, dass kann nicht passieren. No way dude.

@@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out I love this comment. That is all I can say about it.

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Too funny 😍😍😍

Same. I bet they did when they were younger.

what a reply , excellent ,

Here's what ya do - Get him down then give him the death of 1000 pokes .. finish up with some Indiana Jones Temple of doom style ' Kali maa ' 'KALI MAAAA' .. works every time 😉✌️ 🤠

@@7star7storm7 He brings a knife, I bring a gun. He puts one of mine in the hospital, I put one of his in the morgue.

Omg same here, I knew of them individually but didn’t know they were brothers !

Joe Rogan has about as Much intellect as Hitchens foreskin.

darsh ᥲn it’s self explanatory reallly. Watch any debate from hitchens vs a questionnaire by Rogan. They’re oceans apart in terms of intelligence.

@@Technicallyimright intellect is about reasoning and understanding not about "questionnaire". Yeah..Christopher Hitchens is far from perfect but don't underestimate/overestimate a man because of his beliefs.

@@Technicallyimright Thank you. I find any comparison of Joe Rogan to a public intellectual as laughable. Joe is Oprah for men.

Hahahahah

The wine runs dry but not the conversation :P

Richard Seed Hi. Is his book, Hitch 22, his autobiography?

I would have given anything to have sat at a dinner with these two.

constantdoodle Your laughter at the fact that it is said that mother Hitchens killed herself is extremely offensive and unbelievably insensitive. Your post should be taken down unless you apologise immediately.

It’d be a very one sided conversation nowadays

Oh yea Trump vs Biden.... Peter is still alive I wonder if he has commented on it.

They would have nothing to debate about with each other, since Christopher would agree with Peter on all the basic liberal enlightenment principles that are being debated about and that the illiberal left wants to take away now.

@@JesusFriedChrist I don't know, many liberals have shifted their view of libertarianism as wrong in morals. Some liberals (not through political parties) such as Stephen Fry have debated current political correctness issues and have condemned how the left attack the right with what they think, but in the same breath they cry free speech. So I think, like Fry, Hitchens would be on the fence with it

@@FarmingFiasco If you think Christopher Hitchens would be on the fence about anything, I don't think you have read his work. If he is knowledgable about a topic, he usually has an interesting take.

The debate is irrelevant when one us able to get the potatoes of their own will and abilities. ;}

One simply cannot bring such a topic to the table so to speak. For such a controversial thing must be kept to the work at hand and simply not to the public. Just kidding, pass em

The question is were the potatoes created in the garden by a gardener who designed a vegetable patch, gave the potatoe life by planting a seed and giving it an environment to thrive in. Or, did they appear on the table randomly by chance and no one knows how or why they got there (since the rest of the meal is mac and cheese).

Pass the potatoes. So long as they aren't asserted by you to be contingent to the passing over my reaching for them.

Imperialist regime change war and the destabilization of the globe are hardly on par with potatoes.

Now that you said it, they do. Which do think is big bro Mycroft

@@abdiganisugal825 Christopher is Sherlock and Peter is Mycroft.

Yes, now that you brought it up, I totally agree!

@@ahlishaholloway233 yes, exactly

I completely agree

@Invesigator 2 He contributed to humanity because the OP agrees with him.

@Invesigator 2 'Original poster'. I was on the phone app and it doesn't let you leave the message without discarding it - I used OP as I wasn't able to see their username.

Which contribution might that be?

@@MadCapMag Poorly constructed arguments and drug addiction maybe?

every comment section theres always one

Thank you

Less eloquent and more loquacious.

Messy? Yes. Eloquent? Only in parts. Infernal whistling from Peter’s sibilant s’s? Interminably so.

Eh. If anything, I find it charming to see them not engage in a serious debate all the time.

Of course, Christopher was something special...

You're special

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 thanks

@@niamhoconnor8986 dont care 4 atheist siht, agree with august ur special though

Doom is not amused.

Clever. :-)

I thought Hitchens arguments were more eloquent and informed then Hitchens was.

TibusHeth Ha ha! Nice comment!

A bit off topic: 1:09:03 bitch on the left is fine.

I'm is because Christians have no command to kill the infidel.

bulldogsbob they did though. May not be plastered all over the Bible like it is in the Quran. But yes it’s in the Bible

Absolutely you can mock and ridicule Christianity. But when you do the same to Islam you are labeled islamaphobic

@Jimmi K While I agree with your sentiments about Islam, I wonder if you would describe yourself as a misanthrope...?

islamophobe.....your racist, bigoted hate speech will not go unpunished.

In Peter's defence he was quite flummoxed in this debate and has owned up to that fact.

Christopher Hitchens hated being called 'Chris'.

Christopher: “Christopher.”

@@sreeharidamodaran82 And why should I care? I'm not writing him a letter. Plus he is dead. So he don't care what you call him either.

@@davebunnell1105 It's just a small gesture of respect. No need to be stupidly hostile about it.

i don t think peter drinks.christopher does that for both of them.

@@teknoaija1762 Did... he died of cancer in 2012

@@scobra5941 he did.that type of cancer he died of is often related to heavy smoking and even heavier alcohol usage.christopher managed to quit smoking in his later years but drinking remained.he confessed in an interview that his wife called him a functioning alcoholic.johnny walker black label was his weapon of choice.

@@teknoaija1762 People who have neither smoked nor drunk die of the same Cancer every day of the week.

@@mjh5437 i m still waiting to hear your point....

He's got more things on his mind these days.

We need him now more than ever

@@figandcassis Someone to believe in? A little ironic don't you think?

He might like earn that atheism never pays as her French revolution Chickens always come home to roost.

@joust strachan let's hope Hitch is watching from Purgatory where some aspiring saint is beating him with a copy of Mit Brenende Sorge

It is a point I can never be able to quite fully commit to meeting him on, but nevertheless atleast he was consistent and did not flip flop or backtrack on it, and as my grandad used to say 'If we were all the same, the world would be a boring shithole'.

Iraqi kurd here, they're both right i guess you can put it into four things 1- Did the regime have to go? Yes, was it vile and cruel ? Yes did it do everything chris said? Yes(also was looking to develop a nuclear program) 2- it was the right thing to do for the right reasons but ill reasons existed as well(war time presidents are popular and do get re elected, and a new land filled with oil and a new nation that the private industry can use to profit from, the military industrial complex) to name some. 3- do the means justify the ends? Yes and no, many wrongs were made in the process that never needed to happen. 4- and fourth which i think is the distinction that nobody cares about it. It's about the why and the how and afterwards. The new iraq was a weak corrupt government filled with greedy politicians popular idiots. The economy was left dead all the soldiers were fired(i think you can tell how they felt or what ex militaries do when let go(malitias).) The man you see next to bush when he gets a shoe thrown at him is nuri Maliki prime minister at the time he tried to dismantle parliament twice during his administration billions of dollars would just disappear off of the records using the office for personnel gain and for his allies. So much of the problems of todays iraq don't come from taking down Saddam and the fascist regime but how the new iraq was recreated. So many of which couldve been avoided but that takes time and money and support and dedication and simply it was much easier to give power to powerful families and tribes to rule and pretend iraq is fixed. I hope This isn't too long but it's my two cents

The difference between Christopher and most of the rest of us is that he took the time to read and understand the entirety of the context of things like Iraq. It's so easy to listen to a few sound bites and think you know enough to have an opinion on something.

While I agree with Christopher's assertions about Saddam's regime needing to go, I still have to be against the way the war played out and the aftermath, because, at least to my understanding, Iraq was not left in a very good state after, to say the least.

I disagreed with christopher on almost every topic, but free thinking and questioning your fundamental beliefs every so often is very important. Questioning can be scary in the short term. It's more comfortable to live on automatic pilot and remain gleefully sure of your beliefs. I have had more than a few existential crises as a result of my questioning, but in the long term it either strengthens my position, or gives me new insight and understanding into a subject. Either way, I am better off for it. Many people are taught not to question religious beliefs. Some sects discourage any questioning and make it seem like you are sinning to ask, which of course isn't true. People who have never questioned their religious/spiritual beliefs really have very little faith. They're afraid to question because they are afraid their beliefs will be broken down. And they will be, but they will be rebuilt better and stronger than ever in the long run. If the doctrine you believe in can't stand up to questions, it isn't worth believing.

As soon as I read your comment I started hearing it. Thank you!

There should have been a de-esser on the mixing board. When he says "circumcision" it's really bad.

How clever. Would you like to say something original now?

@@MadCapMag Show me the plagiarism?

That’s awesome I’m outside too

Peter always said while they arrived at different destinations, they always had the same dis-likes, which mainly was phoniness.

Richard Jones peter said in an interview some time ago, that this debate was a miserable experience for him. He felt that he was in an auditorium of people who worshipped Christopher and, as you’ll have noticed, he’ was relatively unengaged and became more so as the debate proceeded. They did another debate, which he enjoyed much more, but I’m not sure if it’s on RU-vid. I am awfully fond of Christopher Hitchens, but there are times when he is painfully obnoxious. An attitude is not an argument.

Its like the debate version of the movie Warrior (or Brothers?) with Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy

they truly hated each other

Yeah you could just feel the romantic tension between the both of them.

April 3, 2008 is date of debate. Published here in 2011.

'That'? ... enjoyed it

Ten years is nothing, go back further, the debates are majestic by comparison.

Well you're not going to find a Christopher Hitchens debate from much less than 10 years ago

@@Lawful_Rebel I have and I agree with u

Both have beautiful voices.

Christopher is prettier, has more brains and charisma, more passion and sense of humor....

*I Agree with God-Hating Christ Hitch on the Irak War!!!!* *I am OPPosed to Peter Eater Hitch, on BOTH Counts!!!!* *I (an Agnostic BeLiever in JeHoVah GOD) would Prefer NO GOD* *rather than the DeMonic EVIL VILE PeterEater god of the PeterEater!* *Robert Robertson; Center street; SaLem, Oregon* 🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫 🔫 🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫 🔫🔫

And diametrically opposed conclusions.

@@americanmartyr9268 what did Peter's God do to you

Hitchens for the win!

No actual moral value because atheists don't believe in moral absolutes.

@@vitorroque6298 Just very few; we don't care about homosexuality, fish on Friday, cheeseburgers, forced circumcision, etc.

@@Firstmiddlelastfml atheists know instinctively right from wrong, as most 6 year olds do.

@@Firstmiddlelastfml me too.

@@vitorroque6298 Every moral imperative is theoretically absolute, I.e. categorical. If an imperative is not categorical, and it is hypothetical, then it is not strong enough to be moral. According to the principle of universalizability the ethical person has as an ultimate ethic value the one which at the same time he can wish it is a universal law. This is regardless of religion. Of course this model is too simplistic because we haven't axiomatized reasoning and morality. That said, being absolute is rarely a good choice I'm everyday situations, yet it is something religious people tend to do all the time.

So you regret missing him lie and waffle live? Why would you regret that?

@@Saber23 what lies exactly? Just curious

@@Saber23 what an embarrassing response. The man put his money where his mouth was when it came to helping people, and he didn’t need the promise of everlasting life. You should be fucking ashamed of yourself, coward.

@@Sydafexx7 🧟‍♂️

Same

I had the same Frasier-Niles comparison in my head but see that you beat me to this video and awesome observation. Rats!!! lol

Martin keeps them in line

This..

Except, Niles was actually quite clever...

Oh please, as if the worlds problems stem from a decrease in Christianity. If that’s your claim, and it’s at least implied, then I’d like to know how you demonstrate it’s truth.

Agreed - Like Dawkins who spent his life trying to destroy Christianity, then when he began to see success began to row back saying society needed Christianity.

+Jeffrey it's pretty obvious. you think he'd be happy about wearing a mask

@@boliussa lol. No definitely not. I do enjoy listening to Peter Hitchens on talk radio on a Monday. Not quite the same I know but a voice of reason nonetheless.

@@jeffreyreeves5524 you probably just like the pomposity

His world is pretty much here now .

He's in the afterlife laughing his bollox off😂😂

Lol

Thanks, now I can't unsee it

Do you reckon it was planned

Reletively speaking, if the camera was higher or lower, they wouldn't.

Incredible.

OCD?

Amen. The level and quality of the discourse of this generation of "public intellectuals" was so much higher than what we have today.

not forever, as Christopher said, in 5 billion years a big crush is inevetable with Andromeda Galaxy :D

I was hoping to see Christopher debate himself and punch himself in the face when it got heated up .

Christopher says just because something is untamable does not mean we should not strive for it, and in the same breath calls the golden rule evil because it's untamable. The selective logic masked by wit and a British accent is comical.

Yes, the sophistry is through the roof.

Obviously, Hitchens is.

Well unless you consider grabbing your papers and turning away like a drama queen a hitchslap, I’d say definitely Christopher.... Not even a contest!

Pretentious much, bud

are you slow or what?

Jealous of him anyway, it isn't hard to see which brother got all the brains :D

@Tut J'wandian by far what? Did you even listen to his babble? :D name one valid he made that in anyway aided the debate and isn't just spewing fallacies, just one

@Tut J'wandian still waiting for you to mention one valid point he made that wasn't babble or a fallacy

@Tut J'wandian I must first do nothing :) but OK, argument from ignorance, now go ahead should be easy after all according to you everything he said demonstrates what a superior intelligence he has so, I'm waiting or are you going to carry on delaying

Wyn Williams Pretty sure you haven’t heard the philosophical proofs for the existence of God such as: The 5 Cosmological Arguments, Aristotellian act & potency, the impossibility of infinite regress. The most common is “Who made God!?!? CHECK MATE!!! ATHEIST 1-0” It’s the most foolish objection and the most ignorant objection against Classical Theism, it’s self-evident that the objection is invalid. “The Universe is infinite! Checkmate!” Infinite regress is actually impossible according to the premises of how infinite regress isn’t possible. *Members are dependent on other members, continue this to infinity, no member is in and of itself of that property, therefore X didn’t happen.*** “The Universe is a necessary being!” This simply isn’t the case because in order for something to not be contingent, it must be eternal, must be immutable, unchanging, uncaused.

yes,i saw that too.he smiles and laughs in all the right moments so i think they share same sense of humor.

Very well pointed out, I had the very same emotion when I watched Peter watch his brother, priceless and a great admiration indeed!!!👌

Peter was once an atheist as well, so it could be him laughing because its what he would have said in the past. But, it's likely some combination of that and what you suggested.

LOL

Comment of the comment's section.

Hahahahah

This will always go horribly underrated!

Les Enfants Terribles

*That has been said, a 1,000 Times Already You Idiot!!!!*

I don't think it was close at all

@@geekypleer1202 So you really think hitchens won??

@@Lord_Thistlewick_Flanders Huh, no. I think Hitchens had a weak point on every topic that was brought up. Hitchens, however, provided impressive insights that I found to be profoundly useful.

14:27 he almost chokes on that word :)

He knew his brother would correct him when he got it wrong

Lucky we have RU-vid.

He knows the Truth now. So much empty rhetoric. Delusional tryna say communism and bolveshik were religious. Dude never has any answer just bitches all the time.

@@gman4074 and the 'Truth' is what?

I miss the depth and necessity of him. Whether I agree with him or not...

He’s still around the good one that is

I agree also - as I’ve gotten older. Also an atheist and would agree with Hitch (C) on that position. I think he went to America as he knew his career would be able to handle a little more flashy showboating and they’d find the accent charming. He’d stand out more. It worked.

I've changed my mind back

It was a very good retort though. Far sharper than any of the drivel his brother produced the whole evening.

@@MadCapMag What contradiction are you talking about? I must be blind...

@@MadCapMag I do not see it either

@@customersupportdeer6150 Not at all to be condescending to you or to suggest you haven’t already done your reading (I imagine most people watching Hitchens v Hitchens debates do), but may I suggest peeping a little more into some theology? You may be surprised at the quality of arguments between theists and atheists- it’s never as clear cut as either side makes it out to be imo.

That happens when you banned Bible out of schools and institutions and start to teach younger generations stupid things so you can adoctrinate them.

@Customer Support Deer, it is selfishness with evil entwined in the heart, it is SIN !!

His brother doesn't even reach his ankles.

One giant. One much smaller much less impressive imp standing in that giant's shadow

@@stizzylank6684 , you Christopher groupies are so embarrassing.

Christopher Hitchens an INTELLECTUAL? He was merely an entertainer and obfuscator, about as deep as a mud puddle.

that's how the class structure works in the UK. Those from the "well to do" families rise very easily. Independent schools, followed by Oxford, followed by a lauded career. Not so easy for the rest of the population.

😂😂🤣

It's so funny.

SepticSceptic Based on the applause and questions from the audience, I don't agree with this at all

Well he’s dead now

@@2003Rooney More like worship.

@@2003Rooney LOL nice wording. Idolize huh. We resepct and admire him. Idols exists in your fairy tale. Unless you mean the second definition if idol which is respect, admiration and revered. And that is true. Be careful with your wording.

@@Jw-un8oh "We"? Speaking as a collective? Be careful with your wording. Lmao like if the former part of your statement wasn't supposed to be a setup for the fairy-tail jab... You arent smart, you're just a loser

he hated being called Chris.Eloquence and eloquent is an adjective and so is spectacular. I presume you refer to informational content about Iraq, so how does eloquence and the amount of it affect info content in a spectacular way? I find your comment pretentious and empty.

@@teknoaija1762 curb your animosity, then learn how to read.

@@genericname121 i don t think i showed any animosity in my comment?i took his comment seriously.i do get what he is after though.words like eloquent and spectacular describe hitchens very well but in this instance he is talking about politics in a very volatile situation.

@@teknoaija1762 ok, I will assume English is your second language and offer you some help. He was making a joke, simply saying that, when Hitchens speaks on the topic of Iraq, he becomes more eloquent while also being more spectacularly wrong. He wasn’t calling Hitchens spectacular, in this regard. Rather, pointing out a correlative relationship between his eloquence and incorrectness. It is an opinion, and a joke, but I think you missed the point of the comment entirely. Sorry for the rudeness.

@@genericname121 is this the sophisticated bullying side of RU-vid?

Just admit it bro you don't like him because of his Christian view of the world or "religious moral absolutism". You do know the USA is founded on Chrisitanity.

Or perhaps just listened to Peter in his introduction.

@@jockmcfrog3747 i think they both were.

@@phillipjohnson209 self confessed.

Its usual to dismiss fairy tales when you enter adulthood.

@@rnw2739 sure... thatswhy most of the people of the earth are still religious ....

You say that because you're ignorant. Saddam was no different to Hitler, except in scale - and less Iraqis have died per year since his departure, than before it. There should be no place on Earth for filth like Saddam - just how do you argue otherwise?

Steve Brown Britain had been screwing with Iraq since the 40s to keep their oil supply good. Iranian revolution in the 80s caused directly by the US and Britain again out of their desire to acquire nature resources from the Middle East, pretty much created the environment for Iraq to invade Iran. Pretty much the west tried to dominate the Middle East and keep them weak whilst stealing their resources until their was massive backlash. Yes I agree Saddam is a P.O.S but US/UK helped created him and the hostility in the Middle East.

@@bridgenorton537 Are you a left wing moron? The revolution was caused by Islamists - the vilest ideology on Earth after Leftism. You have a Left Wing view of reality - ie complete fantasy. You've not addressed anything I said about Saddam. All you've done is try to blame the west for it. Pathetic.

@Dear dad You're thicker than crude oil. He gassed 180, 000 Kurds that were his people. He tortured and killed many thousands more. You live in a fantasy land of ignorance.

@@stevebrown4900 Thick as a brick. Even worse than a Marxist and probably even more brainwashed.

I'm wheezing HAHAHAHA

But intelligence employed for evil, debauchery, nihilism and just plain meaness...that l'd rather be without.

@@jamesmangold7563 Agreed - thank you for the clarity

It's ok. He is still human and can't be right on everything. He was still very eloquent and courageous.

Yet still completely relevant.

I'm disappointed by the lack of witty audience members who should've followed up by addressing him as "Doctor Professor Mister Christopher Hitchens", lol

Hitchens the contrarian. Who'd have thought it?

​@@moonlightray8493Professor Doctor*

I have a feeling they were very proud of both of their brilliant sons.

Probably were not arguing all the time

Sadly atheists think God is Zeus. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PH6dKc-mQBE.html 14:00-20:00

That video is an hour long. Where does he say atheists think God is Zues?

@Jake Sangria I first heard of luxury communism from Ash Sarkar and the Novomedia numpties. Didn't realise it was an actual thing.

I’m not sure you’re being completely honest.

@@chrisdeep8417 So your opinion on how atheists view God comes from a Christian ? Yeah your source of information seems legit. Must be easy to let other people do the thinking for you.

He was probably just disappointed to realize that his dumb and tired religious apologism and science denialism doesn't generate as many ardent fanboys as his brother's sharp intellectualism.

@@MikkoVille You obviously know absolutely nothing about the man. He’s very much used to being on the outside of the mainstream and revels in it, in fact he excels when he’s up against it.

@@tomben6180 Sorry, fan boy. His tired ol' religious apologism failed. He's a failure.

@@MikkoVille I’m pretty sure it’s Peter’s brother that only has “fanboys”. I actually disagree with a lot of things he says but you mischaracterise him and I’m pulling that up. What’s your problem with his religious beliefs? He isn’t out trying to convert people, he isn’t a mouthpiece or recruiter for the Church of England. He just answers questions on it when asked and states his position. What is your problem with that exactly?

@@wack8697 What “incorrect beliefs” does Peter profit them spreading then? I cannot wait to hear this.