Dance like a butterfly...
"What Mr Hitchens has done is unique in natural history; the first-ever metamorphosis from a butterfly back into a slug. I mention 'slug' purposefully, because the one thing a slug does leave behind it is a trial of slime".
...sting like a bee.
Edited to add: Gary Younge watched the big fight between the indefatigable George Galloway and the popinjay Christopher Hitchens from the ringside here, and says Galloway won 'on points'. I agree.
Labels: Christopher Hitchens, Pro-war "Left"
posted by Snowball @ 2:42 am
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That anyone should think that butterflies come from slugs is just distressing. Don't you ever listen to 'Gardeners Question Time'?
George Bush's favourite book is allegedly 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle, about a, er, hungry caterpillar who, yep, turns into a butterfly.
So it is possible Galloway was actually half hoping Hitchens would correct him on this point - so he could make some joke about the kind of books that 'the court jester' of the Bushs was reading at the moment.
Or perhaps I am reading too much into this. Anyway cheers for posting, and I will make a mental note to listen to Gardeners Question Time like a good Marxist in the future.
And could the very hungry caterpillar be an analogy for rapacious world capitalism, destroynig our resources and leaving a wake of misery. Beats David Harvey everytime.
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