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"But didn't he also fight to make the case that we need to inquire freely and constantly? Isn't that what is behind his assertion that there are no final solutions, no absolute truth?" 


"Maybe, Mrs. Olyphant, but the Houyhnhnms reasoned that perhaps the Yahoos should be liquidated. Reason is a whore. We can't trust her. There must be some absolute barrier when it comes to meting out death. How is that based on reason alone? We all are going to die anyway. We all live under the sword of Damocles. Why not truncate the life of this annoying human? Everything about Mr. Hitchens manner of delivery suggested he could indeed imagine doing in his enemies. There was more than a soupçon of Madame Defarge about his attitude. He had the aspect at least of a classically trained Machiavell." 


Cole: "And he was so sure there could be no god. Of course we know in our hearts there is a god and she is the devil."