tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post3851324933867144402..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: David Warren: Blowhard of the Month, AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-51451102664403000852007-10-21T12:30:00.000-04:002007-10-21T12:30:00.000-04:00David Warren serves one purpose on this planet: to...David Warren serves one purpose on this planet: to blow hard. On his own website he proudly announces that he dropped out of school in the tenth grade. (This probably wasn't much of a loss, as he was going to a religious school for expatriates in Pakistan in the 1960s - probably the only thing he drew from such an education was exposure to English-language books that dated back to the apogee of the Raj). He spent his next decade hanging out in the UK, doing nothing in particular (which he describes as "self-directed studies" of ancient Greek texts, though he didn't learn any Greek...). Family money came into the picture at some point, allowing him to start a magazine, The Idler, that reflected his aesthetic tastes and, less fortunately, gave him a podium from which to bark his mad Thatcherite political views. Thankfully the money ran out after a few years. Since then he's just playing the role of "grumpy old conservative iconoclast". His small band of devoted readers seem to be mainly poorly educated ideologues who are suckered in by his professorial "man of letters" affectations. Ultimately he's just a sad little man - I imagine him typing in his sordid little grief hole, half-empty bottle of whiskey at his side, fretting endlessly over which slightly archaic word he should choose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-37263093365315417192007-09-11T15:58:00.000-04:002007-09-11T15:58:00.000-04:00To defend the Citizen (Vatican PR folks like Warre...To defend the Citizen (Vatican PR folks like Warren and Sibley excluded) they do publish Dan Gardner whose <A HREF="http://www.richarddawkins.net/article,990,Those-fanatical-atheists,Dan-Gardner-The-Ottawa-Citizen" REL="nofollow">piece on atheism</A> is #6 on the "Top 100 All-Time Favorite Articles" at richarddawkins.net.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673652496537383297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-29778935007921691482007-08-23T18:59:00.000-04:002007-08-23T18:59:00.000-04:00....believe it or not, was actually published in t...<I>....believe it or not, was actually published in the Ottawa Citizen.</I><BR/><BR/>Newspapers like controversy. They might easily publish a column or letter because it stirs things up rather than because they agree with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-18896750650420831512007-08-22T12:51:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:51:00.000-04:00....believe it or not, was actually published in t...<I>....believe it or not, was actually published in the Ottawa Citizen.</I><BR/><BR/>And why should anyone find that hard to believe? The Citizen has been a rag for years.Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-56818206988840371812007-08-22T11:27:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:27:00.000-04:00ooops, I meant to say "if Darwinism is a religion,...ooops, I meant to say "if Darwinism is a religion, then you CAN ban it's teaching..."<BR/><BR/>:-)Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-29258812884708079282007-08-22T08:10:00.000-04:002007-08-22T08:10:00.000-04:00Why is it that theists, when they want to insult s...Why is it that theists, when they want to insult science, they call it a religion?<BR/>------------<BR/><BR/>I think it is a knee jerk reaction from the days when some of them wanted creationism given equal time in public schools; if you call "Darwinism" a religion, then you can't ban its teaching, and you would have the same restrictions on public figures (e. g., scientists)who have government jobs bringing it up.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if they consider the medicines and vaccines that were developed using Darwinist based sciences to be the offspring of religion? :-)Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.com