The grand embarassment extraordinaire

a case study in congenital hypothyroidism


On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Hitchens started his latest piece with these words: "We know no spectacle so ridiculous," wrote Macaulay about the vilification of Lord Byron, "as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality." Change the word "ridiculous" to "contemptible," and the words "British public" to "American press," and you have some sense of the eagerness for prurience, the readiness for slander, and the utter want of fact checking....".
I have another suggestion for you Christopher, change the words "British public" to "Christopher Hitchens", and revert "contemptible" to "ridiculous", and you have some sense of the eagerness for prurience, the readiness for slander, and the utter want of fact -checking......that you have demonstrated during all these years. The tongue is a double-edged sword, indeed...