Err, the comments have a lot to do with critical thinking, rationality, evidence-based reasoning, which Dawkins and his team have shown very little of in this fracas. Dawkins is still a fine atheist I suppose, not so fine a rationalist, at least for these events. It's the startling hypocrisy and irony that drew me to this drama.Fred Kite wrote:The incessant whining and vicious comments being made about Richard Dawkins and his web team are completely unnecessary, has nothing to do with atheism and everything to do with the relationship between Richard Dawkins, his webteam and Richard Dawkins fans.
Most atheists I know are civilised, rational-thinking, liberal-minded and decent human beings who don't see the vicious vendetta and personal attacks on Richard Dawkins and his webteam as rational-thinking, civilised, liberal minded or decent.
And again, give some examples of vicious comments. Where did you first see such vicious comments? How common are these vicious comments? Did you follow the source of these vicious comments so you could appreciate them in context? You like rational thought--how about engaging in it?