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Hitchens on bathos

April 30, 2007 · No Comments

Asked if he would write about Virginia Tech, Christopher Hitchens avowed “no interest in it,” but said he might (he did, at Slate).  More to the point, I think, is his comment about us:

My heart sinks when yellow-ribbon events occur, if that doesn’t sound too cynical. What one needs in this society is less sentimentality and more stoicism.

Perfect.

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