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18th February 2012, 11:55 AM
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Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.
Geoffrey Robertson Q.C will be giving the inaugural Christopher Hitchens Memorial Lecture at the 2012 Global Atheist Convention.
 Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. is head of Doughty Street Chambers, the UK's largest human rights practice, a Master of the Middle Temple, and serves as a 'distinguished jurist member' of the UN's Justice Council. He was the first President of the the UN War Crimes Court in Sierra Leone, and has delivered ground-breaking judgements on the illegality of recruiting child soldiers and the invalidity of amnesties for crimes against humanity. He has argued many landmark civil liberties cases and has acted against General Pinochet and Hastings Banda and for Salman Rushdie, Mike Tyson and Julian Assange. His recent book "The Case of The Pope" has been translated into many languages. He is author of "The Justice Game" (a memoir), The Tyrannicide Brief and "Crimes Against Humanity". In 2011 he received The New York Bar Award Award for Distinction in International Law and Affairs.
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18th February 2012, 12:21 PM
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Re: Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.
You are the organising committee to end all organising committees.
I love the word Inaugural in that title.
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18th February 2012, 12:59 PM
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Re: Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.
Wish I was going
I strongly recommend his 2010 book "The Case Of The Pope" Available for $AU6.59 (free p&h) http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/sear...&search=search
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18th February 2012, 01:00 PM
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Re: Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.
Quote:
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Robert A. Heinlein: Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.
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18th February 2012, 01:09 PM
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Re: Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.
Wow!
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18th February 2012, 01:14 PM
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Brilliant! Started watching "Hypothetical" in the late '80s and loved it. Only later found out he was more than an entertainer and read "case for the pope" not long after it came out. Great pick you committee types
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18th February 2012, 01:45 PM
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That is absolutely brilliant.
Well done to all involved. You continue to amaze.
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. . . “Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Nizkor Project- Logical Fallacies Atheist: n; A person to be pitied in that he is unable to believe things for which there is no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of a convenient means of feeling superior to others. —Chaz Bufe, The American Heretic’s Dictionary
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18th February 2012, 01:48 PM
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Holy snapping duck shit! I love Geoffrey! This has made my day. Can't wait!!! The GAC committee is awesome!
Tapa wotsit.
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