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A fantastic debate between Christopher and his brother Peter in which Christopher defended the Iraq war showed me just how much of an "independent thinker" Chri

• Balgair 6y ago
  Hear Hear! He was a two fisted drunken chain smoker, for sure. But what rare good ideas he had were worth it all. I'll cheer again his Letters to Young Contrarian as terrible sauced drivel. But damned if I ever wrote more in the margins of that thin little tome arguing against his bastard ideas. To be clear, I disagree with nearly everything Hitch said. But his poppycock made me think deeper than any second-rate Augustine. To have everyone hate you is a rare thing. To have that for decades is unique. If he ever wrote only that one pamphlet, he'd be forgotten. But that he wrote so much more and that cigarette of a book, well, makes the matchbox so much more reprehensible. It wasn't satire, rather, a hose of drool. But it is truly honest. Again, read it, argue with him, treasure it, and pass it along. I can't recommend anything better on how to live that kind of life.