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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
 
Category: Telly
I watched a bit of The Einstein Factor on Sunday night but I missed the part quoted by one of Tim Blair's readers. Doctor Clare Wright was part of the Brains Trust and when...
One of the contestants had chosen Lawrence of Arabia as his main topic. Ms Wright remarked (I am paraphrasing): “Don’t you think it’s funny that today Lawrence would be in Guantanamo Bay for his beliefs”.
She ended this with a satisfied smirk, as if she had just said something very witty. To her utter disgust (and my pleasure) the contestant fired back with: “To the contrary, if Lawrence would have succeeded in his ideas, there wouldn’t be a need for Guantanamo Bay. There would be democracy in the Middle East."
The consternation on the face of Ms Wright as she turned away from the contestant was telling. What an answer! In my high school days in LA, it was referred to as getting ‘bitch slapped’.
According to the show's website: "Dr Clare Wright is an award-winning historian and author who has worked in politics, academia and the media". Some historian!

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