Reading an article that an 13 year old invented a new hyperloop really makes me ashamed how I wasted my youth. And that was just 2nd place finisher. First place was a kid that invented a liquid bandage to reduce the risk of superbug infections.
Nonsense. Hitchens was for the Iraq invasion on grounds of removing Saddam from power only, opposing brutal dictators being his MO. I didn’t and don’t agree with him in this case, but that’s where he always stood.
To infer from that that he’d be in favour of anti-Muslim policies is just plain daft.
Good article on the subject if you’re interested. I’m not a fan of the new atheists and particularly their treatment of Muslims but I think you’re being unfair to Hitchens.
“Six days later, the justice minister, Katsuyuki Kawai, stepped down after a report that he had re-gifted potatoes to some constituents that he had received from a fellow politician. His wife, Anri Kawai, a candidate for Parliament, was also accused of paying double the legal limit of about $140 a day to staff members who travel in vans shouting campaign slogans.”