Monday, May 24, 2010

theodore dalrymple is a great writer

may 23rd, 2010

he's one of two or three brits that deserve respect -- like hitchens.

theodore is a doctor who has worked in many war-torn areas of the world, and he has seen appalling stuff first hand. and his perspective is dignified and neutral.

what a nice contrast with the asinine jerk william dalrymple who's supposed to be a 'historian'. i remember him holding forth in a BBC show that "thomas the apostle *could* have come to kerala". yeah, but history is supposed to be about what happened, not what could have happened. 

RajeevSrinivasa 
the good dalrymple theo (cf. abominable william, sarkari agent) rips apart hypocrisy about 11/26. HT
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