By: nothierthanthou
The question is how does it imply that such a thing is rare. It certainly isn’t a logical entailment. Perhaps some sort of conversational implicature. The only angle I can think is that the title gets...
View ArticleBy: Marco Conti
Sorry, I think the title of the book is OK. If we lived in a atheist society with plenty of atheist in the armed forces then, maybe I would see the point. But the bulk of the public is still convinced...
View ArticleBy: Richard Wade
Right now, I feel like Kanye West and fishsticks… We love ya, Hemant. You tell truth fearlessly and tirelessly, and I couldn’t keep up with you even with the help of an Acme Rocket Sled.
View ArticleBy: Dan
You said it. I also remember the brouhaha over “the friendly atheist”, and now Hemant is using the same attack used against him.
View ArticleBy: jjramsey
If an atheist soldier or ex-soldier were to write an autobiography about his/her war experiences and entitled it “An Atheist in a Foxhole,” would that still imply that atheists in foxholes are rare?
View ArticleBy: dantresomi
I love the title.. i get that working at Fox News is like being in a fox hole…
View ArticleBy: Katie
The title of the book is “An Atheist in the Foxhole,” not, “The Only Atheist in Any Foxholes.”
View ArticleBy: Matt Andrews
Hemant: I get your point, but geez, lighten up. You know that tired old story about the atheist who gets upset when someone says “God bless you” to them after they sneeze? That’s you on this issue.
View ArticleBy: Michael S
Aren’t there supposed to be a lot of these kind of “Atheists” working for Fox, anyway?
View ArticleBy: thebigJ_A
Well, since all the commentors (not even ‘just about’, all the ones who weighed in) don’t see the supposed implication, I think it’s on you to explain how it is implying that there aren’t usually...
View ArticleBy: Chupper
There’s only one person here “creating his own controversy,” and his name is Hemant.
View ArticleBy: miller
Hemant, I would like to complain about the title of your book. By saying you sold your soul on E-Bay, aren’t you implying that souls exist? Are you trying to rile up atheist groups in hopes of...
View ArticleBy: Zac
He’s using the indefinite article “An” rather than the definite article “The”. Only “The” would imply there aren’t other atheists in foxholes.
View ArticleBy: Jippyhound
I love your column, but now I think you’re splitting hairs. How hyper-sensitive do you we need to be? How over-reactionary?Personally, I took it as a positive statement. As if with hits title he is...
View ArticleBy: bismarket
Over reaction, we start to look silly & a bunch of whiners if we complain about everything. This is pretty innocuous so let it go, we have bigger battles to fight than the title of some silly book....
View ArticleBy: OmniZ815
Not only do I not have a problem with the title, I think it’s awesomely clever. To reiterate the other commenters: “An Atheist” not only doesn’t imply that there aren’t any, it actively implies that...
View ArticleBy: Tina in Houston
I’m fine with it. Foxhole? I admit I was thinking something else too.
View ArticleBy: Onamission5
I didn’t take it that way at all. I took it as he’s referring to himself as one of the atheists in the foxhole (by his use of an instead of the) with added punniness for kicks.I am not offended.
View ArticleBy: Jeff P
I think the title implies that Fox News is like bing in a hole. Nothing more. Nothing less. I’m not offended.
View ArticleBy: Richard Wade
I don’t think the negative implication against atheists is really there. I tend to be annoyed by the phrase “atheists in foxholes” simply because of its history of use by anti-atheist bigots when they...
View ArticleBy: Allan
Hemant, the reading you’re getting for that title is definitely not the only reading nor is it the standard reading.The title is fine and, I thought, cute/clever.
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