re: #92 SanFranciscoZionist

Off topic—I am reading the Hitchen piece about Gandhi, and I have read the one about Mother Teresa.

Is there any historical person that Hitchens believes to be worthy of admiration? Are there failings of perfect morality he will accept reasons for?
Do sacred cows simply annoy him? It’s an interesting piece, but at times I just want to snap “Look, Hitchens, it was another time and another place, and another culture. I’m sorry he wasn’t perfect, but does this have a point?”

He writes things like this to satisfy his bizarre desire to shock. I think it is an aspect of the self-destructive streak that has plagued his life and career.