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My favourite writer Christopher Hitchens on his recent adventures in Lebanon. I can’t really do it any justice, so I recommend you read it all.
However here’s a little taster. First, there’s the meeting of Hitchens & Co. with an Syrian Social Nationalist Party Flag (SSNP):
“Well, call me old-fashioned if you will, but I have always taken the view that swastika symbols exist for one purpose only—to be defaced. Telling my two companions to hold on for a second, I flourish my trusty felt-tip and begin to write some offensive words on the offending poster. I say “begin” because I have barely gotten to the letter k in a well-known transitive verb when I am grabbed by my shirt collar by a venomous little thug, his face glittering with hysterical malice.”
Too [transitive verb]ing funny...
And a little bit further:
“However, it remains the case that those who inconvenience Syria by their criticisms are bad liabilities from the life-insurance point of view.”
A perfect mix of facts, cynicism and wit. A man truly after my own heart.
