Christopher Hitchens religion smackdown at LA Times 2007 Festival of Books. A brief excerpt (2:25) from a panel discussion. View Hitchens mordant response to co-panelist author Jonathan Kirsch's peurile, feel-good comments about sacred art and cultural significance of selected French religious architecture: Notre Dame and Sacre Coeur. Hitchens does not suffer lightly the misguided, foolish remarks of religionists.