Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation Thread
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadI see, I thought you were criticizing me in the other post, my apologies.(Original post by FrigidSymphony)
In reference especially to the comments about "Islamophobia", I am routinely told whenever I speak up about the threats to freedom of speech and intellectual liberty posed by religions in general and the "one monotheism in particular" that I am engaging in bigoted behaviour and racism towards a specific religion. When I attempt to criticize treatment of women in certain cultures, I am told that I have no right to judge, and indeed accused of sexism myself for daring to hold a view that there is an objective standard of ethics regarding gender relations. And that's just a percentage. -
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadNo worries.(Original post by King Kebab)
I see, I thought you were criticizing me in the other post, my apologies.
Filthy Arab.
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadTraining runs?(Original post by FrigidSymphony)
Ever go watch the training runs through Tesco?
Joking aside, congratulations on your (somewhat fortuitous) promotion! Looking forward to the derby this season.
Cheers, We should have been given the same treatment Livingston got when they went into administration a few years ago. Sort of, I always work on Saturdays and Sundays so I doubt I'll get to see many of the games
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation Threadhttp://dundeebarryleighgriffiths.blo...iths-blog.html(Original post by King Kebab)
Training runs?
Cheers, We should have been given the same treatment Livingston got when they went into administration a few years ago. Sort of, I always work on Saturdays and Sundays so I doubt I'll get to see many of the games
Chin up, derby games might get frequent midweek scheduling for policing matters or something related. I'm lucky enough to be the supervisor at my pub so I can give myself days off for the games (next up- Sellout Saturday on the 11th, Aberdeen v Ross County, and Neil Simpson's Testimonial on the 14th, Aberdeen v Manchester United). -
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadYou don't post on the Pie and Bovril website, do you?(Original post by FrigidSymphony)
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Chin up, derby games might get frequent midweek scheduling for policing matters or something related. I'm lucky enough to be the supervisor at my pub so I can give myself days off for the games (next up- Sellout Saturday on the 11th, Aberdeen v Ross County, and Neil Simpson's Testimonial on the 14th, Aberdeen v Manchester United).
Nice one, They should be pretty good games. I'm looking forward to the upcoming season, might try and go to a few away games as well if I get the chance
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadPie and what now? No idea.(Original post by King Kebab)
You don't post on the Pie and Bovril website, do you?
Nice one, They should be pretty good games. I'm looking forward to the upcoming season, might try and go to a few away games as well if I get the chance
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Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadHmm what dogma was this?(Original post by Jason2)
He believed his own bull**** dogma. Thought he was superior when really he knew ****all.
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Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadDamn I wish there was a hell, then me and Christopher could chill in eternal damnation, and I'd finally be able to have a chat with him forever, or I could go to heaven if i was good and speak to..Jerry Falwell, HAAA fuk dat sh*t.
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadShame(Original post by Dima-Blackburn)
Great guy! It's a shame I discovered his work AFTER his death. I was in the middle of reading 'God is Not Great' when I heard...
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Re: Official CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Appreciation ThreadDepends what you are looking for, if you want a list of all the ways in which religion is bad, this is the book for you. If you want a balanced investigation into the good and bad of the phenomenon of religion, perhaps you should be looking elsewhere else(Original post by Dima-Blackburn)
By the way, I haven't read 'God is Not Great'. Would you recommend it? but that's just Hitch's style, he's not passive and submissive, he's assertive and arrogant, and we love him for it 
