I compare Hitchens to Stalin. Stalin wanted to destroy Hitler. Whatever Stalin's motives for wanting that, the result was an absolute good. In all other respects, Stalin was an evil being.
Hitchens supported the Iraq operation? Great. He's still an evil person in many other respects.
Of course, Hitchens IS a Stalinist, so the comparison is all the more apt.
I suppose you could turn that around too.
I compare Hitchens to Hitler. Hitler wanted to destroy Stalin. Whatever Hitler's motives for wanting that, the result was an absolute good. In all other respects, Hitler was an evil being.
It gets confusing and while I agree that Hitchens has some deep seated emotional problems with Christianity, and especially Catholicism, he is not an "evil" man and comparing him to either Hitler or Satlin trivializes how totally evil both of those monsters were.