Poll about the impact of the purge

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Has your opinion about Richard Dawkins changed due to the recent RDF events?

No. He is not responsible of the management and decitions taken by his staff.
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7%
Not really. My opinion is based on just his contributions in science and atheism, not on his persona.
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23%
A little bit. He is still one of my favorite atheist leaders, but I feel somewhat let down.
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19%
Quite. It was unexpected and against what I thought he advocated for.
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21%
Yes. I feel insulted and mistreated and his erasing of scientific posts is like a nazi book burning.
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17%
Yes. I won't buy his books or support his causes from now on.
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5%
Cheese and/or Bacon
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9%
 
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Re: Poll about the impact of the purge

Post by Mr.Samsa » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:19 am

RaspK wrote:
tnjrp wrote:And in case anyone else if clueless about Dr. Dawkins "not owning up", his post is here:
http://forum.richarddawkins.net/viewtop ... 0&t=110356

Well, at least it's clear where he stands on the issue now. Looks like there's not going to be a rebirth of the old forum soon...
I read it earlier, and practically facepalmed. :(
I particularly liked the part where he ignored all the facts of the incident and responded to some imaginary situation which made us sound like petulant children, and Josh sound like some exhausted, yet loyal, member who tried to do his best for the forum.

Oh wait, no I didn't.

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Re: Poll about the impact of the purge

Post by virphen » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:20 am

Mr.Samsa wrote: I particularly liked the part where he ignored all the facts of the incident and responded to some imaginary situation which made us sound like petulant children, and Josh sound like some exhausted, yet loyal, member who tried to do his best for the forum.

Oh wait, no I didn't.
We were all excited by that bit.
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Re: Poll about the impact of the purge

Post by Mr.Samsa » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:22 am

virphen wrote:
Mr.Samsa wrote: I particularly liked the part where he ignored all the facts of the incident and responded to some imaginary situation which made us sound like petulant children, and Josh sound like some exhausted, yet loyal, member who tried to do his best for the forum.

Oh wait, no I didn't.
We were all excited by that bit.
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Re: Poll about the impact of the purge

Post by tnjrp » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:39 am

Oh, it turns out there's an entire thread devoted to the Dawkins' communique. Like I said, I'm pretty clueless a lot of the time :read:
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