Little Kitten – Intelligence Squared Debate: Hitchens And Fry

by podblack on November 8, 2009

This is the first of a five-parter, which you can find in its entirity via AskEgg’s YouTube site and by clicking ‘more after jump’.

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five – closing statements

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Adrian Morgan November 8, 2009 at 11:26 pm: One thing that pushed my anger buttons particularly hard was Anne Widdicombe’s insinuation (which Stephen Fry alluded to in the final installment with that wonderful burglary analogy) that it was somehow wrong on Christopher Hitchens’s part to mention condoms. I cannot begin to describe the contempt with which I hold that attitude.

The anti side wasn’t without its faults, for example Stephen Fry said that Galileo was tortured, which is untrue and I think he should have known better.

I enjoyed the videos. Thanks for sharing them.
teacherninja November 9, 2009 at 12:12 am: Wonderful! Made my day. I’d heard of this, of course, but hadn’t seen it. Fry was particularly great. It was unfair, really, because the two on the other side could barely marshal a decent sentence, let alone a decent argument. Of course, I also have serious doubts that anyone could have gone up against Hitchens and Fry and come out much better. Bravo to them both. I loved watching those poll numbers at the end. Lovely. Thanks!
White Rabbit November 9, 2009 at 8:40 am: I could barely watch.. it was like watching frail old men getting pounded by champion boxers.
Adrian Morgan November 9, 2009 at 10:11 am: My comment posted last night obviously hasn’t made it through. I’m wondering if there was a technical error.