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In reply to the discussion: Christopher Hitchens - Mother Teresa: Hell's Angel [View all]Major Nikon
(36,899 posts)14. You mean like you've judged Hitchens?
Meanwhile people are still quoting him after his death while you are still throwing rotten tomatoes anonymously on the interwebs.
Did you even bother considering statements like that work both ways?
And I've been to India and several other 3rd world areas, not that it has anything to do with the subject at hand and just seems like another lame lob on your part rather than dealing with the actual facts of matter.
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I don't recall that Hitchens ever had anything good to say about anyone. So this comes as no surprise
The_Casual_Observer
Sep 2016
#3
The lack of toilets and the general lack of sanitation in the missions is independently documented.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2016
#9
India's 900 largest cities generate at least 29 thousand million liters of sewage daily
struggle4progress
Sep 2016
#31
... Calcutta's sewage system was created under the British around the turn of the century
struggle4progress
Sep 2016
#33
The actual facts might interest anyone who is really concerned about sanitation in India,
struggle4progress
Sep 2016
#44
Thats a pretty brave stand. Spent a lot of time in places like Calcutta have you?
The_Casual_Observer
Sep 2016
#12
The day that you or Hitchens are awarded a Nobel Prize or become saints
The_Casual_Observer
Sep 2016
#19
The problem those who make such observations have is Hitchens wasn't the only one calling bullshit
Major Nikon
Sep 2016
#6
It really isn't RCC doctrine that the dying poor should be denied palliative care.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2016
#10