tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post113694217796378392..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Blowhard of the Month: David WarrenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-62865112904328717672015-07-22T13:09:42.571-04:002015-07-22T13:09:42.571-04:00Warren may have been asked to resign--he is, thank...Warren may have been asked to resign--he is, thank goodness, no longer publishing his whiny, adolescent drivel in The Citizen--but if you Google "David Warren" the fourth hit is "Opinion--Columnists--David Warren--Ottawa Citizen". Click on that, and it leads to www.ottawacitizen.com/columnists/david_warren.html<br /><br />The capsule biography reads in part, "David Warren....has been writing for the Citizen since 1996. His commentaries on international affairs appear on Wednesdays & Saturdays; on Sundays he writes a general essay on the editorial page." <br /><br />One hopes this is an oversight, and given Warren's scant regard for the truth, I wouldn't expect him to correct the error even if he knew about it, but there is the disturbing possibility that he might return some day. Keep his file open...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234899189552987599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-62743956345376647462014-07-13T12:00:21.809-04:002014-07-13T12:00:21.809-04:00And now his anti-blog has disappeared from the web...And now his anti-blog has disappeared from the webAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989141381412901927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-60275787031646950242012-07-24T03:55:04.586-04:002012-07-24T03:55:04.586-04:00Fortunately he has been asked to resign.Fortunately he has been asked to resign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-46736604259969645842012-07-24T03:54:34.823-04:002012-07-24T03:54:34.823-04:00well you did not get him fired but he has been ask...well you did not get him fired but he has been asked to resign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-76114902158290432902012-07-24T03:53:29.093-04:002012-07-24T03:53:29.093-04:00WELL YOU DID NOT GET HIM FIRED BUT
HE HAS OR HAS...WELL YOU DID NOT GET HIM FIRED BUT <br />HE HAS OR HAS BEEN ASKED TO <br /><br />R E S I G N.<br /><br />PERHAPS HE WILL NOW BECOME A PRIEST AND FINALLY CONFESS ALL HIS SINS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-87233993099833962812010-02-12T11:07:52.796-05:002010-02-12T11:07:52.796-05:00They give him a platform 3 times a week...it's...They give him a platform 3 times a week...it's giving this guy way too much...he should be a once-a-month at most...it's infuriating...LJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04047331044923534933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-63956629443376096292009-07-27T14:33:00.212-04:002009-07-27T14:33:00.212-04:00warren is gross, horrible ideological atavism, dis...warren is gross, horrible ideological atavism, disgusting closed-mindedness and some of the worst psuedo-intellectualism i ever come across. its sad that the citizen (and the rank and file there are not raving conservatives) still gives this chud a platform. his arrogance is almost unparalleled in Canadian journalism, unless you count David Frum. These people don't deserve their jobs, make specious arguments and ultimately reflect the dying light of christian and neo-liberal fundamentalism.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11245383135039785189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-77718758718250442662009-04-09T10:20:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:20:00.000-04:00Bets he belongs to the Christian Missionary Allian...Bets he belongs to the Christian Missionary Alliance Church - the same one that Harper and all of his "true" followers belong to. <BR/><BR/>Stealth Evangelism <BR/>Talibangelism<BR/><BR/>terms in use today. <BR/><BR/>I wonder what happen to these people's brains to render them useless, and more suited to doing embroidery than living in the world?felicitatumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03004779591210641258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-77599071001776245872009-04-09T10:18:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:18:00.000-04:00Why don't you get a job on the Ottawa Citizen? It'...Why don't you get a job on the Ottawa Citizen? <BR/><BR/>It's hard to believe that in Canada, in this day and age that someone as reactionary and just plain stunned as David Warren is published, and taken seriously, by like-minded people.felicitatumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03004779591210641258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-35483344583304172082007-05-19T08:30:00.000-04:002007-05-19T08:30:00.000-04:00I have recently learned to hate David Warren, and ...I have recently learned to hate David Warren, and was doing some searches on the web about him. I just wanted to thank you for an excellent post about this bizarre columnist. I posted a link on my blog to your article about Warren.Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764660716493500394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137595949003867282006-01-18T09:52:00.000-05:002006-01-18T09:52:00.000-05:00Ironic postscript (and personally startling):I hap...Ironic postscript (and personally startling):<BR/><BR/>I happened to peruse the Citizen yesterday while getting my car serviced. On the Letters page was a rant from some wing-nut complaining about the "liberal editorial board". I mean, this guy must be so far out in right field he can't even see "liberal" from where he is.<BR/><BR/>Now for the personal part: I recognized the name of the wing-nut as someone I used to know back in my religious days. Geez, what a bad crowd I used to hang with.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137165782941527412006-01-13T10:23:00.000-05:002006-01-13T10:23:00.000-05:00Keep in mind a ntation's capital city always has a...Keep in mind a ntation's capital city always has a very high concentration of idiots. David Warren prooves my point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137129483738112062006-01-13T00:18:00.000-05:002006-01-13T00:18:00.000-05:00Hey, don't knock the guy. He is much more amusing ...Hey, don't knock the guy. He is much more amusing than the Citizen's comic strips, and about as factual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137103694114554262006-01-12T17:08:00.000-05:002006-01-12T17:08:00.000-05:00Bah, the Citizen years ago turned into a rag spout...Bah, the <I>Citizen</I> years ago turned into a rag spouting the smuggest sort of conservative fluff. If Warren (whose pompous narcissism I find well-nigh unreadable) is typical of their current style, I'm glad we dumped our subscription when we did.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to see Peter Calamai landed on his feet, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137096527859833112006-01-12T15:08:00.000-05:002006-01-12T15:08:00.000-05:00" I hereby supply one hundred facts about myself, ..." I hereby supply one hundred facts about myself, in the order in which they occurred to me:<BR/><BR/>1. I walked across the Hungerford footbridge over the Thames River in London, England, in the presence of Christ, on Thursday, April 15th, 1976. "<BR/><BR/>1976? ... I suspect BORN AGAIN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137090246399224392006-01-12T13:24:00.000-05:002006-01-12T13:24:00.000-05:00I am an Ottawa scientist who has witnessed the dec...I am an Ottawa scientist who has witnessed the decline of our once credible local paper. The Citizen is, regrettably, a natural home for David Warren - on most days it could be mistaken for a church newsletter. If this seems like hyperbole just check today's edition. The cover story is about Judas, and whether he was simply acting out his role in God's great plan (if anyone can explain in what way this qualifies as front page news, I would love to hear it). On the front page of the city section we are treated to a story about an evangelical couple who bought a former convent to provide a place for visitors to influence political outcomes through their prayer. I kid you not. Elsewhere we have Harper claiming religious persecution, even a policy statement from the Christian Heritage party (not very helpful - I am not aware of any candidates here, but hey). Oh, there is no mystery regarding the Citizen's employment of David Warren. The mystery is why anyone would be the least interested in his opinions on science. <BR/>Great to see your blog - I will be a regular reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137093680957795222006-01-12T14:21:00.000-05:002006-01-12T14:21:00.000-05:00I hadn't read the Citizen for years, being away, a...I hadn't read the Citizen for years, being away, and have to admit that I was surprised that a formerly respectable paper had sunk to the lowness of having Warren working for them, let alone giving him the veneer of respectability he gets from being on the editorial page. <BR/>My first encounter was a column he wrote on how he had just converted to Roman Catholicism. It was a worthless little fingernail scraping of a column that summarized his theological struggles to find a religion more intolerant than his previous ones. He settled into R-C and with a convert's zeal became more Catholic than the pope.<BR/>The few occasions I bother with him are cringe-worthy.The Eternal Gaijinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07719032050853123945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137087371829063182006-01-12T12:36:00.000-05:002006-01-12T12:36:00.000-05:00Bigotry against global warming?!?! Uhhh okay, so ...Bigotry against global warming?!?! Uhhh okay, so I guess it is fair to say that Howard Dean is a bigot too. Man, if ever there was a need for a rolling eyes icon....Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14487963350204619115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137080012655494132006-01-12T10:33:00.000-05:002006-01-12T10:33:00.000-05:00Are there 2 "g"s in "nutbagery"?I'm pretty sure th...<I>Are there 2 "g"s in "nutbagery"?</I><BR/><BR/>I'm pretty sure there should be, yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137082325671090322006-01-12T11:12:00.000-05:002006-01-12T11:12:00.000-05:00Dr. Shallit. You are so TOTALLY wrong about David...Dr. Shallit. You are so TOTALLY wrong about David Warren. <BR/><BR/>He can NOT be blowhard of the month, not as long as Casey Luskin is hard at work at the DI, experimenting and theorizing with new ways to maximize HIS essential blowhardiness. Granted, Warren is an idiot; smarmy and deserving of all the wedgies he received as a lad, however, Luskin is as Luskin does, and NOBODY does stupid as well as Luskin.<BR/><BR/>However, I AM willing to concede that Warren would be a solid monthly recipient of the Luskin BLowhardiness award.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the new blog BTW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137083508620055522006-01-12T11:31:00.000-05:002006-01-12T11:31:00.000-05:00"...a really revolting corner of the web"Come, com..."...a really revolting corner of the web"<BR/><BR/>Come, come now ... you may want to get out a bit more! If this qualifies as "really revolting," words must fail you at some of the other sludge that's out there.<BR/><BR/>I have little sympathy for most of his political views, and his columns on science are ... peculiar and uninformed to say the least. However, it's not a science column, the stories you select are a pretty small fraction of his columns, and the amount of indignation being generated seems out of proportion.<BR/><BR/>...ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137085430522022142006-01-12T12:03:00.000-05:002006-01-12T12:03:00.000-05:00I am mostly just surprised to learn that Marxism a...I am mostly just surprised to learn that Marxism and Evolution are "constructs of the early 20th century". Or maybe "early 20th century" is just some new term for the 1840s-1860s that I'd not yet heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137086838058899642006-01-12T12:27:00.000-05:002006-01-12T12:27:00.000-05:00In case you're thinking that Warren at least has a...In case you're thinking that Warren at least has an "original style" - <BR/><BR/>Nope, not even that. He's basically trying to imitate William F. Buckley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137078191868026032006-01-12T10:03:00.000-05:002006-01-12T10:03:00.000-05:00I see the Ottawa Citizen still publishes nonsense,...I see the Ottawa Citizen still publishes nonsense, just like it did when I used to go to U. of O. <BR/><BR/>If you want good science journalism you have to read Jay Ingram's latest column in the Toronto Star: <A HREF="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1136589010456&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist977459474799" REL="nofollow">Evo-devo next big thing, not intelligent design</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-1137077862770812242006-01-12T09:57:00.000-05:002006-01-12T09:57:00.000-05:00He's actually rather mild in terms of wingnuttery ...He's actually rather mild in terms of wingnuttery on the gay marriage issue. I've seen much worse. <BR/><BR/>I agree with the commenter who asked whether there is another columnist to balance this IDiot?lloydlettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412995051820724783noreply@blogger.com