Times Online- Richard Dawkins unleashes tirade against fans

[the pigeon]

did you embed an mp3 of the worlds smallest violin with that post?

Have you something better to do here than post glib and frankly worthless snide asides?

you mean like rush around various sites sticking knives in the back of richard dawkins and josh?

nope.

I don't subscribe to MOB RULE, Calilasseia.

I think mob-rule involves a fair bit more than people being cross on the internet.

[Calilasseia]

you mean like rush around various sites sticking knives in the back of richard dawkins and josh?

nope.

I don't subscribe to MOB RULE, Calilasseia.

Did you actually bother to read that post you quoted, or is this simply another exercise in trying to look big and clever without the substance to back up the hologram?

[Chauncey Gardner]

Sorry, Chauncey; the evidence suggests any wounds to Prof. Dawkins and Timonen, rhetorical or otherwise, seem purely self-inflicted.

no need to apologise. you may well be correct. I just don't subscribe to mob rule and prefer to wait until the dust settles or the red mist clears...and the full facts emerge (instead of speculative opinions). All this backstabbing of richard/josh without the full facts is a tad irrational in my opinion.

everyone to their own I suppose.

by the way, there's a great new forum here: http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

[GenesForLife]

did you embed an mp3 of the worlds smallest violin with that post?

Have you something better to do here than post glib and frankly worthless snide asides?

you mean like rush around various sites sticking knives in the back of richard dawkins and josh?

nope.

I don't subscribe to MOB RULE, Calilasseia.

Considering that there is only one story being played out in the press at the moment, and a vastly distorted one at that, I wonder who is sticking knives in whose backs?
Presenting the full picture is not frickin' mob rule, however much you try to subject it to mental distortion to try and make it look that way...

[Pensioner]

horwood....here's a troll free forum... http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

Just started up. looks great.

On your recommendation I think I will give it a miss.

[Chauncey Gardner]

horwood....here's a troll free forum... http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

Just started up. looks great.

Uh, not if you're there!

no chance. there will be no richard dawkins or josh there either. Go for it. It looks great.

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

[goodboyCerberus]

Yes, we get it, there's a forum at http://www.rationalskepticism.org/.

[Svartalf]

Cali, if you really want to threaten him you should take him out for a Thai meal and start the discussion with the phrase, "Now, ask me about time/space manifolds" I still wake up in the middle of the night screaming sometimes

Begging pardon, but what's the reference?

[Calilasseia]

Cali, if you really want to threaten him you should take him out for a Thai meal and start the discussion with the phrase, "Now, ask me about time/space manifolds" I still wake up in the middle of the night screaming sometimes

Begging pardon, but what's the reference?

The Manchester Ratz meet. I treated Paco to an hour's lecture on braneworld physics.

[Chauncey Gardner]

did you embed an mp3 of the worlds smallest violin with that post?

Have you something better to do here than post glib and frankly worthless snide asides?

you mean like rush around various sites sticking knives in the back of richard dawkins and josh?

nope.

I don't subscribe to MOB RULE, Calilasseia.

Considering that there is only one story being played out in the press at the moment, and a vastly distorted one at that, I wonder who is sticking knives in whose backs?
Presenting the full picture is not frickin' mob rule, however much you try to subject it to mental distortion to try and make it look that way...

so you have the full picture? Were you sitting beside josh all week this week...as well as sitting beside richard when he wrote his "outrage" missive?

mob rule is declaring someone guilty based on speculation......and usually when people are cross about something.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but, I refuse to be a cheerleader for mob rule or stick knives in the backs of richard or josh before the full facts emerge, the dust settles and the red mist clears.

it's called rational thinking...perhaps some of you should try it sometime, or better still..try it over here: http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

[Svartalf]

Cali, if you really want to threaten him you should take him out for a Thai meal and start the discussion with the phrase, "Now, ask me about time/space manifolds" I still wake up in the middle of the night screaming sometimes

Begging pardon, but what's the reference?

The Manchester Ratz meet. I treated Paco to an hour's lecture on braneworld physics.

Given how most of your sciency posts on RD just flew me by, I can understand the nightmares... unless you got a PhD in mathematics or astrophysics, that kind of subject needs to be approached with baby steps.

[Calilasseia]

Obvious troll is obvious ... no, not you, Svartalf

[goodboyCerberus]

it's called rational thinking...perhaps some of you should try it sometime, or better still..try it over here: http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

Just make it your goddamn sig.

[ED209]

I wish somebody would recommend a forum about rational skepticism...does anyone know of one?

[ficklefiend]

I'm thinking external blogs and articles so far could have been a LOT worse. I think we've managed a little damage control at least.