Comments on: Little Kitten – Intelligence Squared Debate: Hitchens And Fry http://podblack.com/2009/11/little-kitten-intelligence-squared-debate-hitchens-and-fry/ Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Adrian Morgan http://podblack.com/2009/11/little-kitten-intelligence-squared-debate-hitchens-and-fry/comment-page-1/#comment-44693 Adrian Morgan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:11:12 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=1678#comment-44693 My comment posted last night obviously hasn't made it through. I'm wondering if there was a technical error. My comment posted last night obviously hasn’t made it through. I’m wondering if there was a technical error.

]]> By: White Rabbit http://podblack.com/2009/11/little-kitten-intelligence-squared-debate-hitchens-and-fry/comment-page-1/#comment-44688 White Rabbit Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:40:45 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=1678#comment-44688 I could barely watch.. it was like watching frail old men getting pounded by champion boxers. I could barely watch.. it was like watching frail old men getting pounded by champion boxers.

]]> By: teacherninja http://podblack.com/2009/11/little-kitten-intelligence-squared-debate-hitchens-and-fry/comment-page-1/#comment-44635 teacherninja Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:12:28 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=1678#comment-44635 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! 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!

]]> By: Adrian Morgan http://podblack.com/2009/11/little-kitten-intelligence-squared-debate-hitchens-and-fry/comment-page-1/#comment-44633 Adrian Morgan Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:26:45 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=1678#comment-44633 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. 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.

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