1. The Price of Freedom

Comment #77244 by neestle on October 8, 2007 at 8:35 pm

"I know I'm going to get a bunch of shit about how this is brought up every time he is on Dawkins site"

Yes, you are. So please stop. I would just add that Hitchens is the only warhawk whose opinion I actually respect on this matter. His conviction is real and well-based in reason, not a "mob mentality" or a "faith" in a pack of lies.

To be clear, I did not and do not share his opinion, but I frankly have to wonder about the groupthink and faith-based thought processes that go on in the minds of people who can do nothing but criticize the man for his war stance. Not his reasoning, mind you, just his conclusion. His conclusion on a debate that was over, fait accompli, 4 years ago. If you have a problem with his opinion on how to deal with Iraq now, so be it. But is this the right forum?