If
someone tells me that I’ve hurt their feelings, I’d say, “I’m still waiting to
hear what your point is.” I’m very depressed about how in this country you can
be told, “That’s offensive!” as though those two words constitute an argument
or a comment. Not to me they don’t. - CH
(NB: All quotes in
this article have been transcribed verbatim from YouTube video sources.
Hitchens spoke more than once on these various themes so the words you hear if you
watch a clip may be different.)
Christopher Hitchens would have turned 70
this year had he not been taken by cancer 8 years ago.