Comments on: Christopher Hitchens gets waterboarded

By: Reverend Clint

Reverend Clint — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:27:31 +0000

I like Hitchens and am glad to see he thinks waterboarding is torture.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:24:02 +0000

What’s wrong with Hitchens? I though what he did with the water-boarding was brave to a fault, particularly given his physical condition - an athlete he is not. Sure, his views on Iraq appear to be against the prevailing wind but other than Iraq it is rare i find him saying something i disagree with. He can be a little aggressive with religious apologists, but who wouldn’t be after listening to the same empty nonsense as much as he has. Hitchens is always entertaining and i could listen to him talk about anything just to enjoy his mastery of the English language.

Yours in Reason

Sean (Ireland)

By: C.S

C.S — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:48:04 +0000

I feel dirty just linking to it, but Freddy Gray at The American Conservative does make an interesting point:
http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/07/02/join-sjfwt/

On the subject of Hitchens, I really enjoy reading everything he writes, even if I do wind up disagreeing with him some of the time.

By: Ryan Harkness

Ryan Harkness — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:01:59 +0000

Heh, yeah it’s a funny juxtaposition, but it misses the point that these people are doing it because waterboarding has been boiled down to an argument: “Is it torture?” The government says it’s not. Numerous pundits who haven’t done it say it’s not. But i think you’d be hardpressed to find anyone who has experienced it that would agree with that viewpoint.

It’s pretty much the pepsi challenge of torture. It’s kinda nice that some reporters are willing (sure, more for ratings than morality’s sake) to actually try something before expressing an opinion on it.