Alex Massie Alex Massie

Taking the Reductio ad Hitlerum to absurd lengths?

A shocking teaser from Arts & Letters Daily:

Hitler, Stalin…and Abdul Qadeer? Who is he and why might anyone want to talk about him in such monstrous company?… more»

Quite. I was, as you might imagine, taken aback. I always liked and admired this man who, more than anyone else, kept the flame alive through the dark days when a hyperpower destroyed everything in its path, forcing the argument that There Was No Alternative to their way of doing things…

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