Wrapped Up In Books

My musings on what I've read since January 2006.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Missionary Position - Christopher Hitchens

Who could resist a full-pelt polemic from the indomitable Hitchens attacking none other than...Mother Theresa! The main charges are financial hypocrisy and neglecting the physical needs of her charges in order to emphasise the spiritual ones. Both angles provide some pretty damning arguments, and Hitch gets into a righteously entertaining lather over her apparent belief that the world is a better place for having poverty in it and that the poor should accept their lot and "smile more".

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