Comments on: Ben Elton Interview – Worth A Quick Look http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ben-elton-interview-worth-a-quick-look/ philosophy, politics, science, atheism, religion, ethics, life, objectivism Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Valda Redfern http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ben-elton-interview-worth-a-quick-look/#comment-4484 Valda Redfern Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:32:23 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-4484 Yesterday I heard Ben Elton on Radio 4 (I think it was an audio clip from a TV interview with David Frost). Elton advocated legalising drugs, giving as one reason the fact that prohibition helped no one apart from criminal gangs. He sounded like an intelligent man who had considered the evidence and done his own thinking. A while ago I heard an interview with the novelist Martin Amis about the threat from Islamism and he too came across as an honest man who tried to base his conclusions on facts. I'm not a fan of either of these two as entertainers, but they are worth listening to, and I hope their willingness to contradict the orthodoxy is the start of a trend. Yesterday I heard Ben Elton on Radio 4 (I think it was an audio clip from a TV interview with David Frost). Elton advocated legalising drugs, giving as one reason the fact that prohibition helped no one apart from criminal gangs. He sounded like an intelligent man who had considered the evidence and done his own thinking.

A while ago I heard an interview with the novelist Martin Amis about the threat from Islamism and he too came across as an honest man who tried to base his conclusions on facts.

I’m not a fan of either of these two as entertainers, but they are worth listening to, and I hope their willingness to contradict the orthodoxy is the start of a trend.

]]> By: crabsallover http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ben-elton-interview-worth-a-quick-look/#comment-4435 crabsallover Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:21:32 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-4435 I highly recommend Ben Eltons' book 'Blind Faith'. It is witty and profound. The sub-story of the 'Secret Company of Humanists' who have one of the few remaining libraries about science and literature - is quite chilling. I highly recommend Ben Eltons’ book ‘Blind Faith’. It is witty and profound. The sub-story of the ‘Secret Company of Humanists’ who have one of the few remaining libraries about science and literature – is quite chilling.

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