Christopher Hitchens at the Festival of dangerous ideas

[Chauncey Gardner]

yep. that worked. For others having difficulty hover over this link and click the right mouse button if you're on a windows PC..can't remember what the equivalent is on an Apple PC. http://www.rationalia.com/gawdzilla/symbol-minded.wmv
It's quite funny by the way. Colbert always makes me chuckle. I particularly liked his interview with Richard Dawkins....he never slips out of the religious-nut character once.

However, if it's a more cerebral strain of wit and eloquence you're looking for....he doesn't come close to matching Hitchens. Here's probably my favourite obituary ever - Christopher Hitchens' Obit for Jerry Falwell on CNN.

Absolutely sublime.

[GenesForLife]

Brilliant one

[tattuchu]

What part are you referring to when you say, "brilliant one." The bleddy thing is ten minutes long

And where's the rest? I wanna see the other installments

[tattuchu]

Well it's eleven installments long, but here's second at least:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTrVPaoL ... L&index=38[/youtube]

[tattuchu]

This is really a very good talk. Here's part three:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNjgjdz ... L&index=39[/youtube]

[tattuchu]

I wonder if this is on DVD or something? This is a fascinating talk, and Hitchins is in top form. But I ain't gonna sit here all night.

[GenesForLife]

All the parts are on youtube.

[charlou]

Thanks for posting this - it's a great talk and I don't mind watching it again.

[GenesForLife]

One of the funniest bits was about how the Israelites fought their way , demolishing whole cities and killing whole populations , to claim the only place in the middle east where there isn't any oil

[Rum]

One of the funniest bits was about how the Israelites fought their way , demolishing whole cities and killing whole populations , to claim the only place in the middle east where there isn't any oil

Though a number of nukes..

I know Hitchens had, a little while ago, quite drinking *and* smoking. I'm too lazy and a little bit tipsy to go checking dates, but his alert and sparkling form here might reflect that.