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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 01/19/2013 : 05:32:22
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I love to read the Friendly Atheist, but I wonder if Hemant Mehta wrote this non-review of this book about Hitchens without enough sleep:
| I’ll admit, I’ve always been more interested about Hitchens’ views on religion than his politics, but this just sounds like an over-the-top attempt to capitalize on his popularity before it’s too late: |
Well, why write about something you know about when it's TIMELY? Why not just write about something you're completely ignorant of, because it's TIMELY?
| It only makes sense that they’re fighting back now, knowing he won’t get a chance to respond. It’s the only way they could ever top him in a debate. |
But Mehta seems to contradict himself. He references this link and then says:
Hitchens had seen a version of Seymour’s criticism of him before he died but (obviously) wasn’t happy with it:
“We stopped exchanging emails shortly afterwards,” [Seymour] said. “He thought of it as an insult, and threw a few back.” |
You can read Seymour's criticism here which Hitchens evidently did respond to, because it was placed in a book, in which Hitchens wrote the afterword.
You know, at least when Christopher Hitchens wrote his diatribe against Mother Teresa, she was still alive.
Richard Seymour, on the other hand, has written his polemic against Hitchens a year after his death.
Classy. |
Certainly, it's horrible to criticize someone after they're dead.
Mehta is better than this, and would have done better to leave this one alone.
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I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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Edited by - Gorgo on 01/19/2013 06:09:45
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2013 : 15:26:35 [Permalink]
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In the comments section at Friendly Atheist:
Richard Seymour • 3 days ago
I am the author of the book referred to here. I don't expect Hitchens's fan club to appreciate the book (though they might try reading it before comming). But a little bit of accuracy would not go amiss. As the article cited by Hemant Mehta makes clear, the book was commissioned and the writing began some six months *before* Hitchens died, not after. Please make the appropriate correction.
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Hemant Mehta Mod Richard Seymour • 2 days ago #8722;
The Christian Science Monitor linked to in the article says the book was commissioned *after* his death, though essays criticizing Hitchens were written before his death. |
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I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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Friendly Atheist on book about Hitchens.
