RE: Happy Birthday, Hitch!
April 14, 2020 at 3:40 am
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2020 at 4:56 am by Belacqua.)
I think it's natural that people would react emotionally in defense of their sacred cows.
Any group which is based on what one does or doesn't believe -- in which scientific proof is not possible -- will need rallying points or symbols. Holy blessed martyrs, admirable wits, etc. Their importance to the group grows beyond the real quality of their work.
Here's a post made on this forum in November of last year:
I used to follow Peter Hitchens on Twitter. Just about every week someone would tell him that the wrong brother had died. I don't think that normal admiration for a writer can cause that level of insensitivity. C. Hitchens has reached Mother Teresa levels among some people.
Any group which is based on what one does or doesn't believe -- in which scientific proof is not possible -- will need rallying points or symbols. Holy blessed martyrs, admirable wits, etc. Their importance to the group grows beyond the real quality of their work.
Here's a post made on this forum in November of last year:
Quote:If i am asked to born again with which name and personality(alas not possible) i will prefer to be Hitchens.
History can't produce another Christopher.I not only love him but worship him(Excuse me for using word worship).
If anyone could use maximum IQ,he would not be Einstein but Christopher Hitchens.
Thou(World) take my everything but return Hitchens to me.
Tears in my eyes while writing it.A strange connection to the man of words and intelligence.This is how it goes on.
BrianSoddingBoru4 thank you very much to mention him and keeping him alive.
I used to follow Peter Hitchens on Twitter. Just about every week someone would tell him that the wrong brother had died. I don't think that normal admiration for a writer can cause that level of insensitivity. C. Hitchens has reached Mother Teresa levels among some people.
