Laughing at the truth
Truth
[Laughing at the truth is a Ad Hominem ego denial mechanism.]
If you want to saw off the end of your penis, you're welcome. (laughter)
You're not to do it to a child who hasn't asked for it. Same with the genitals
of a little girl. If she thinks later on she'd be better off without them, let
her take, or have taken to her, a sharp instrument. If it proves that it's good
for AIDS - it might well be, I've heard that it's said to be good for cervical
cancer - let it be decided by the grown-up. It is not right, it is not moral, it
is in fact wicked, to submit children to the mutilation of their genitalia, or
to anyone without consent. (applause. Hitchens bangs podium) Do you understand
that this elementary point only needs to be made because of wickedness enjoined
by religion. The rabbi here's a fairly humane guy. He wouldn't - if he didn't
think God was involved - ever consider mutilating the genitals of a child, but
because it's a covenant with God, anything can be done. (laughter), Now don't
you see - you laugh, but you should be crying. (laughter) I said crying!
(laughter) Okay, suit yourself. (laughter)
- Christopher Hitchens debating with Rabbi Schmuley Boteach
January 30, 2008 [Youtube,
42' 30"]