Comments on: Hitchens vs D’Souza http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/hitchens-vs-dsouza/ Sammy Jankis Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: AV http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/hitchens-vs-dsouza/#comment-9 AV Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:55:31 +0000 http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/hitchens-vs-dsouza/#comment-9 I think what we should remember is that the fallacies and distortions spouted by theists such as D'Souza remain fallacious regardless of how well Hitchens, Dawkins, et al. perform in a public debate. No matter much he crows about it, D'Souza's "victory" over Hitchens is as hollow and rhetorical as any of creationist Kent Hovind's "victories." The stupidity of his arguments is there for all to see. I think what we should remember is that the fallacies and distortions spouted by theists such as D’Souza remain fallacious regardless of how well Hitchens, Dawkins, et al. perform in a public debate.

No matter much he crows about it, D’Souza’s “victory” over Hitchens is as hollow and rhetorical as any of creationist Kent Hovind’s “victories.” The stupidity of his arguments is there for all to see.

]]> By: Ken Perrott http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/hitchens-vs-dsouza/#comment-7 Ken Perrott Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:17:39 +0000 http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/hitchens-vs-dsouza/#comment-7 I think the format was bad, especially as D'Souza did not follow proper procedure and the moderator didn't control it. Also, it was a religious audience and perhaps the confrontational (in terms of ideas) approach Hitchens uses may not be the most effective for such an audience. I think the format was bad, especially as D’Souza did not follow proper procedure and the moderator didn’t control it. Also, it was a religious audience and perhaps the confrontational (in terms of ideas) approach Hitchens uses may not be the most effective for such an audience.

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