Mos Def vs Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie

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Partial list of Salman awards...

Awards[edit]

• Aristeion Prize(European Union)
• Arts CouncilWriters' Award
• Author of the Year (British Book Awards)
• Author of the Year (Germany)
• Booker Prize for Fiction
• Booker of Bookersfor the best novel among the Booker Prize winners for Fiction awarded at its 25th anniversary (in 1993)
• The Best of the Bookerawarded to commemorate theBooker Prize's 40th anniversary (in 2008), winner by public vote
• Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)
• English-Speaking UnionAward
• Golden PEN Award[87]
• Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award(2014)[88]
• Honorary Patron,University Philosophical Society,Trinity College, Dublin.
• Hutch Crossword Book Award(India)
• India Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award (USA)
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize(Fiction)
• Kurt Tucholsky Prize (Sweden)
• Mantua Prize (Italy)
• James Joyce Award –University College Dublin
• Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHonorary Professorship
• Chapman UniversityHonorary Doctorate – Doctor of Humane Letters
• Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Humanism (Harvard University)
• PEN Pinter Prize(UK)[89]
• Premio Grinzane Cavour(Italy)
• Prix Colette (Switzerland)
• Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
• St. Louis Literary Award –Saint Louis University
• State Prize for Literature (Austria)
• Whitbread Novel Award(twice)
• Writers' Guild of Great BritainAward for Children's Fiction
• University of LiègeDoctor honoris causa

I'm pretty sure those are (at least) mostly awards for fictional works.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Do you mind if I ask you your religious beliefs?

No I don't mind, agnostic.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Opinion.

No, he won the debate, that's a fact. It's probably shown he was voted the winner at the end.

 

[The Ruler 09]

He's a smart dumb guy.

He's talking to Alex Jones for Christ's sake.

So there's nothing to more to say I guess.

You can disagree with people and still recognize their intelligence, even Christopher Hitchens is of above average intelligence but him being considered an intellectual giant I strongly disagree with and I am well researched with in his and Salman's work and history.

 

[DontEemTry]

I'm pretty sure those are (at least) mostly awards for fictional works.

And?

If you've ever read any of Rushdie's work you would realise that he uses fiction as a vehicle for his sociopolitical commentary.

 

[The Ruler 09]

I'm pretty sure those are (at least) mostly awards for fictional works.

Fictional works take intelligence to write too, he wasn't a children's writer, he was named as one of the greatest British writers ever. Honestly how well researched are you on Salman? You don't sound like you REALLY know about him.

 

[BulletProof]

No I don't mind, agnostic.

(Non sarcastic) Thank you.

 

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No, he won the debate, that's a fact. It's probably shown he was voted the winner at the end.

The vote wasn't made up of opinions?

 

[The Ruler 09]

The vote wasn't made up of opinions?

Ok I thought you meant the decision, which he won. But he clearly won the debate objectively, even if you hate him and his points. He really destroyed and obliterated him lol, it was embarrassing lol. But if you disagree cool lol.

 

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You can disagree with people and still recognize their intelligence, even Christopher Hitchens is of above average intelligence but him being considered an intellectual giant I strongly disagree with and I am well researched with in his and Salman's work and history.

Well, he is but you're entitled to your opinion.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Well, he is but you're entitled to your opinion.

Cool.

 

[BulletProof]

And?

If you've ever read any of Rushdie's work you would realise that he uses fiction as a vehicle for his sociopolitical commentary.

Most great authors do.

You realize Rushdie and Hitchson were close friends right?

Especially after the fatwa was issued.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Most great authors do.

You realize Rushdie and Hitchson were close friends right?

Especially after the fatwa was issued.

They were, Christopher Hitchens looked up to Salman and Salman appreciated his backing during the fatwa.

 

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Fictional works take intelligence to write too, he wasn't a children's writer, he was named as one of the greatest British writers ever. Honestly how well researched are you on Salman? You don't sound like you REALLY know about him.

I don't question Salman.

I'm defending Christopher.

 

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They were, Christopher Hitchens looked up to Salman and Salman appreciated his backing during the fatwa.

Looking up's a bit strong but there was a mutual respect there.