Pat Condell vs. Gore Vidal
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Pat Condell
1949 – present
Patrick Condell is a British writer, polemicist, and former stand-up comedian. In his early career, he wrote and performed in alternative comedy shows during the 1980s and 1990s in London, winning the Time Out Comedy Award in 1991. He was also a regular panelist on BBC Radio 1's Loose Talk programme.
"My name is Patrick, and I'm a biped carbon-based life form. In my spare time I enjoy walking upright and being warm-blooded, and I'm a Scorpio.* I live here … o…"
Gore Vidal
1925 – 2012
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives, and later in 1982 to the United States Senate.
"Must one have a heart of stone to read The Ballad of Reading Gaol without laughing? And did not De Profundis plumb for all time the shallows of the most reporte…"
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