From left to right, Mos Def, Salman Rushdie, Bill, and Hitch. Very informative and entertaining at the same time.
Subjects, the health benefits of alcohol, Afghanistan and heroin, and nuclear weapons, Iran and the nature of the guiding principle that animates Hitch's life.
Hitch: "Wait until someone like Bin Laden gets hold of an apocolyptic weapon; you stop sounding so....."
Mos: "[That's] paranoia."
Salman: "YOU'D be paranoid TOO if everybody was out to get YOU!" Hang on, I misheard that bit. It went more like, "That isn't paranoia. There's only one group in the world that wants to get nuclear weapons in order to use them. And that is radical Islamicist politics wherever you find it...."
This is where the shit gets personal. Mos thinks Bin Laden is a mythical figure because he's been promoted like a mythical figure, which sounds spot on to me, although Hitch appears to find the idea offensive. It's a shame Bill Maher couldn't get Osama to appear on the panel, but the dude's phone number is unlisted. My question for Hitch would be that given that Osama has been played on film (or at least videotape) by more actors than Dracula or Tarzan, which of his appearances since September 11, 2001 should be considered authentic and why?
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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