Christopher Hitchens - Controversial Writer

16 Dec 2011

Writer Christopher Hitchens loses battle with cancer

British-born journalist and atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the United States his home and backed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died on Thursday at the age of 62.

I whole heartedly agree with his statement:

"I am absolutely convinced that the main source of hatred in the world is religion, and organized religion," he wrote.

I always appreciate a writer who makes me think and ponder outside my own world.

RIP

16 Dec 2011

I read some of his work but did not agree with much of it. No problem though, it is good to read anything that provokes thought and reinforces your beliefs, especially from the other perspective. I have also read Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and Adolph Hitler's Main Kempf and did not agree with their work/theories at all but it was an interesting read.

I also thought Hitchens was dead wrong on the 2003 invasion. That was a mistake and has proven to be a mistake over and over. There were no weapons of mass destruction, it was about controlling the oil fields and the massive cost of that war is one of many factors that contributed the economic recession.

16 Dec 2011

Quote by Buz
I read some of his work but did not agree with much of it. No problem though, it is good to read anything that provokes thought and reinforces your beliefs, especially from the other perspective. I have also read Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and Adolph Hitler's Main Kempf and did not agree with their work/theories at all but it was an interesting read.

I also thought Hitchens was dead wrong on the 2003 invasion. That was a mistake and has proven to be a mistake over and over. There were no weapons of mass destruction, it was about controlling the oil fields and the massive cost of that war is one of many factors that contributed the economic recession.

Oh, I agree Buz .... there are MANY writers/commentators I don't agree with either ~ but, sometimes to hear/read their opinion makes me mad/cringe/wonder WTF?/take consideration. And, as we all know, there are MANY that will agree with those points of views. Sometimes CH "shocked" me, no doubt about it!