tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post2289664462466658132..comments2023-08-08T04:19:26.974-07:00Comments on THE CALLADUS BLOG: We lost a good man todayCalladushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-25821875734430835932011-12-17T08:03:03.545-08:002011-12-17T08:03:03.545-08:00Also, it's arguable whether Hitchens was "...Also, it's arguable whether Hitchens was "a good man." He certainly scored a lot of points for the forces of disenchanting, but <a href="http://www.salon.com/2011/12/17/when_hitch_was_wrong/" rel="nofollow">he had plenty of egregious faults, too</a>.Peter Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026459298407890137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-90163847193566086802011-12-16T17:11:53.905-08:002011-12-16T17:11:53.905-08:00In a report I heard on NPR a few minutes ago, his ...In <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/12/16/143830372/for-hitchens-in-life-and-death-an-unaware-cosmos" rel="nofollow">a report I heard on NPR a few minutes ago</a>, his friend Jeffrey Goldberg said:<br /><br />"One of the things he said to me and other people was, 'If I lose my faculties, defend my reputation as an atheist.' Basically, he said: 'If, God forbid, I say something about believing in God, will you please go out there and say: This is the medication, this is dementia, this is not the Hitchens that we know.' "Peter Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026459298407890137noreply@blogger.com