A couple of years ago I stated my intention to review A.C. Grayling's Among the Dead Cities, a book which examines the ethics of Allied civilian bombing during WWII. Unfortunately, I finished the book but never got around to writing a review, despite what I feel is the book's ongoing relevance to the current state of world affairs. Thankfully, however, I noticed that the the BookTV discussion of the book is hosted at Fora.tv - the talk is about two hours long and also features Christopher Hitchens who debates Grayling on the justification of bombing civilian targets during war. The bit below is a 15 minute sample clip, to watch the whole thing you can either click the preceding Fora.tv link or the "Watch Full Program" button on the video.
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Did you know that "debate", when used as a verb, is transitive (taking a direct object), defined as "to argue (usually in a formal manner) about (a subject)"?
In your introduction, therefore, Christopher Hitchens is apparently arguing whether Grayling ......No, it is just incomprehensible nonsense.
I would assume you intended to give the impression that Hitchens is debating the subject of the justification of bombing civilians with A C Grayling.
Did you know that ...
Apparently not."
"I would assume you intended to give the impression that Hitchens is debating the subject of the justification of bombing civilians with A C Grayling."
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that about 49 out of 50 people would get that impression. However, I'll try and keep this in mind next time.
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