Times Online- Richard Dawkins unleashes tirade against fans

[laklak]

On a positive note it will hopefully mean that the new discussion area on RD.net will be free of these people. I notice the more (in my opinion) intelligent and valuable contributors to rd.net are remaining tight lipped or supporting richard in all of this.

good for them.

Hmm. Free of people like Cali, CJ, Spearthrower, Mazille, Virphen, et. al.? The un-tight-lipped ones, I mean. The ones not toeing the party line. Certainly free of crude and ignorant, voluntarily unemployed tossers like me, that's for sure.

Not sure what the fucking point of reading any of it would be without their contributions. I've learned more from their posts in the past couple of years than I did in 8 years at uni. However, if you're happy sitting around the front page having "discussions" that amount to pablum pre-approved by the suppurating rectum, singing the praises of Glorious Leader and playing circle jerk with the sycophants, by all means have at it. It's a free internet, after all.

[Mysturji]

I really can't believe that the closing of an internet forum is hitting the news. Times are changing. I'm also unable to believe the horrific abuse that is being directed to Richard Dawkins here. This is the ''dark side'' of Internet fan bases: sure, they can shower praise on you, but they can turn in an instant, with the least provocation. I'm really saddened that apparent fans of Dawkins have directed so many insults towards him.

All of that horrific abuse was directed at Josh Timonen and his forgettable minion, and the vast majority of us continued to support Dr Dawkins, believing that he couldn't possibly know what had happened... UNTIL he posted his own "rebuttal" on the forum in question, supporting Timonen 100% and basically caling all of us a bunch of ignorant, uncouth rabble and good riddance to you.
I still have no desire to direct any abuse at Dr. Dawkins, but I have lost a great deal of respect for him.
For a man who for years has drummed on and on about basing your beliefs on evidence, it was an astonishing failure on his part to take the word of one single source (however well he may have known that source personally) - a source against whom serious accusations (and much abuse) were being made - and therefore, an obviously biased source, without bothering to check out any other sources - indeed, accepting at face value a quote-mine from that biased source as being the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truthTM when he obviously had access to the internet and knew where that quote-mine came from.
All I can think to say is...
Loser!

[ED209]

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.

no way. It's just for the angry mob who arrived over the last few days.

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/

do you want me to make you a cup of tea before you go?

I'm not touching that forum with a ten foot pole now. Go ahead and keep posting it over and over, though, maybe one of the mods will come along and kick you for spamming.

It's not his forum, you know - it's life's and HughMcB's, I think.

He's just trying to poison it by association, I suggest we simply disregard his constant spamming of the link just like we disregard the rest of his fucking drivel.

[Mysturji]

On a positive note it will hopefully mean that the new discussion area on RD.net will be free of these people. I notice the more (in my opinion) intelligent and valuable contributors to rd.net are remaining tight lipped or supporting richard in all of this.

good for them.

So fuck offf back there, then.

[Pensioner]

I better go and read the rules, Must look up how to tell a twat to fuck off.

[GenesForLife]

Aww, c'mon lads, we know someone is trolling, but do we have to be so mean?
Listen, CG, I think you have made your point, but people right now are in no mood to take that onboard in any case, and we are all a little bit shaken and are waiting for things to settle down, so would it be ok for us to ask you to change the record for time being? 'Cause it really is getting repetitious...

[Pensioner]

On a positive note it will hopefully mean that the new discussion area on RD.net will be free of these people. I notice the more (in my opinion) intelligent and valuable contributors to rd.net are remaining tight lipped or supporting richard in all of this.

good for them.

Hmm. Free of people like Cali, CJ, Spearthrower, Mazille, Virphen, et. al.? The un-tight-lipped ones, I mean. The ones not toeing the party line. Certainly free of crude and ignorant, voluntarily unemployed tossers like me, that's for sure.

Not sure what the fucking point of reading any of it would be without their contributions. I've learned more from their posts in the past couple of years than I did in 8 years at uni. However, if you're happy sitting around the front page having "discussions" that amount to pablum pre-approved by the suppurating rectum, singing the praises of Glorious Leader and playing circle jerk with the sycophants, by all means have at it. It's a free internet, after all.

Yep, with brass knobs on.

[Chauncey Gardner]

He's just trying to poison it by association, I suggest we simply disregard his constant spamming of the link just like we disregard the rest of his fucking drivel.

on the contrary, I was hoping the angry mob would feck off there and take their scurrilous insults directed at richard/josh with them.

This place used to be a nice place up until this week.

[laklak]

I better go and read the rules, Must look up how to tell a twat to fuck off.

Hey Pen, I think you say

"Fuck off, Twat"

or something to that effect.

[The Curious Squid]

Cali, cut out the insults! Nobody is trolling here, can everybody please try to remain civil?

[Matt H]

Cali, cut out the insults! Nobody is trolling here, can everybody please try to remain civil?

Nobody is trolling? Really? Click on Chauncy Gardener's name and read back through his posts.

[paceetrate]

He's just trying to poison it by association, I suggest we simply disregard his constant spamming of the link just like we disregard the rest of his fucking drivel.

on the contrary, I was hoping the angry mob would feck off there and take their scurrilous insults directed at richard/josh with them.

Well aren't you doing such a wonderful fucking job?

[Mazille]

Cali, cut out the insults! Nobody is trolling here, can everybody please try to remain civil?

Nobody is trolling? Really? Click on Chauncy Gardener's name and read back through his posts.

Please, folks. We are not helping anyone here. Keep it civil, please and stop with the accusations and the flaming. I of all know that emotions are currently rising high, but please accept that we are - for now - no more than guests here.

[M]

Tomorrow's chip wrappers.

[Jack Rawlinson]

I really can't believe that the closing of an internet forum is hitting the news. Times are changing. I'm also unable to believe the horrific abuse that is being directed to Richard Dawkins here. This is the ''dark side'' of Internet fan bases: sure, they can shower praise on you, but they can turn in an instant, with the least provocation. I'm really saddened that apparent fans of Dawkins have directed so many insults towards him.

And how do you feel about the fact that Dawkins has directed insults towards his "apparent fans"?