tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292536695398683203.post2169382702577093359..comments2023-12-01T20:59:33.997+11:00Comments on Geoffff's Joint : Clive Jamesgeoffffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292536695398683203.post-35165548644362516952012-05-31T15:22:44.070+10:002012-05-31T15:22:44.070+10:00Cheers Geoff,
I have the audiobook with Hitchens ...Cheers Geoff,<br /><br />I have the audiobook with Hitchens reading. That article brings out a lot of emotion in his voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292536695398683203.post-69242979962681969492012-05-31T08:55:57.391+10:002012-05-31T08:55:57.391+10:00I hope so too. Clive James is like an old friend. ...I hope so too. Clive James is like an old friend. When the man said leukaemia was practically the least of his ailments I may have allowed a touch of sentimental over enthusiasism creep into the report even by Mark Twain standards.geoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292536695398683203.post-1114031828951762332012-05-30T20:57:20.165+10:002012-05-30T20:57:20.165+10:00The first sentence seems a bit ghoulish and melodr...The first sentence seems a bit ghoulish and melodramatic. It's far from certain that we're about to 'lose' Clive James. He's an outpatient these days, with, as he said on his own website, "nothing to 'battle' against except heaps of pills every morning." Hopefully he'll be entertaining us with his wise, perceptive, humane writing for some time to come.David McAlpine Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907429133356370667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292536695398683203.post-62098543536644750952012-05-29T23:37:14.192+10:002012-05-29T23:37:14.192+10:00Thank you for that Greek Fire
Reading that again...Thank you for that Greek Fire<br /><br /><br />Reading that again came at an important moment. Why am I doing this? Here's one good reason Hitchens reminds as clear as the language gets from para one. The way they treat their women. And I do mean "their women". They treat them like some kind of human livestock that are kept under wraps until it is time to ...<br /> <br />I was going to say "sexual livestock" but would that be racist? <br /><br />And that's just Pakistan.<br /><br />That's disgusting right?<br /><br />It's unmanly right? <br /><br />We've talked about the silence of Western leftist feminists but what about the silence of Western leftist men?<br /><br />Here are some questions for these men.<br /><br />Come on guys? Fess up? We're talking about laws where "their" women and girls are born slaves that can slaughtered like livestock right down to the blunt knife. <br /><br />And at what point does even talking about this cross some line?<br /><br />Hitchens and freedom of speech. <br /><br />Look at that latest Pat Condell video for instance<br /><br />A global blasphemy law?<br /><br />No thanks.<br /><br />A local blasphemy law is a bad idea.<br /><br />Except smaller.<br /><br />And how easy to be called a racist or something. At some point you cross someone's line or you are shoved across.<br /><br />I choose an article from Arguably and put it up.<br /><br />Thanks againgeoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292536695398683203.post-6887059708950132422012-05-28T09:36:39.340+10:002012-05-28T09:36:39.340+10:00I'm also a fan of Hitchens. I enjoyed reading ...I'm also a fan of Hitchens. I enjoyed reading <i>Arguably</i>, particularly this article:<br />http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/07/osama-bin-laden-201107Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com