13 comments from readers

VonMises
17 March 2010 at 14:32

What a shame... how I will miss your pathetic attempt at pseudo-intellectualism. The idea that Mr Hasan writes as a polemicist is an insult to the very fine left wing polemicists of the last 100 years like Orwell, Foot, Hitchens etc. When you have a body of work that equals theirs, you can call yourself a polemicist. But while you write for a scarcely read weekly that is about as interesting and innovative as a Scotch egg, stick to calling yourself a low grade columnist not worthy of your left wing predecessors

Mr Field
18 March 2010 at 11:20

Have a nice holiday. Mehdi, your articles are always a good read.

Yo Zushi
19 March 2010 at 09:18

It's amazing that Mehdi can't even say he's going on holiday without some nasty, gratuitous snipe (VonMises . . . Why???). As far as I'm aware, "polemicist" is a descriptive term that doesn't carry any qualitative weight - to get so precious about its use is totally unnecessary.

KaiserFranzJoseph
19 March 2010 at 17:11

Recommended holiday reading list for Mehdi Hasan;

Das Kapital -Karl Marx

Mutual aid - Kropotkin

Origin of species - Darwin

God is not great-Christopher Hitchins

101 Dalmations - Dodie Smith

Greg
22 March 2010 at 01:06

@Yo Zushi

Perhaps you censored one of her comments up some point too?

MAKootage
23 March 2010 at 15:05

Enjoy, Mr. Hasan! I'll look forward to your return to work

VonMises
24 March 2010 at 00:19

YoZushi, Mr Hasan is a nasty little bastard who always uses every opportunity to insult someone who disagrees with him, so forgive me for standing up for my people against his vicious and pathetic attacks. I don't care about what true left wing intellectuals say about libertarians like me, but posers like Hasan are skidmarks on the underpants of left wing society.

Jimbo
25 March 2010 at 16:45

VonMises going off on random, unsubstantiated and totally false allegations and slurs - way to go, real decent behaviour from a libertarian - I'm sure your "people" would be proud.

abiman
28 March 2010 at 14:25

Take some British neocons with you but dont bring them back to the civilized world.

visionary
29 March 2010 at 15:23

Come back soon Mehdi..we will miss you!

Chinawatcher
01 April 2010 at 10:56

Mehdi....we eagerly await for your column..have a peaceful holiday! come back soon.

Husseinali

Tanzania

Solomon Hughes
02 April 2010 at 11:36

Have a good break Mehdi. Back in February you noted that Bush's torture policy was influenced by the TV show Jack Bauer, and highlighted Michael Chertoff, George W Bush's homeland security tsar, saying that 24 "reflects real life".Chertoff had a very direct role covering up the abuse of John Walker Lindh, and some role in the famour "Torture memos". Now he has another role - as a board member of British arms firm BAe. You can read about it here

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/vi...

www.newstatesman.com
20 April 2011 at 02:42

Www newstatesman.. Retweeted it :)