tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post5302396202300598268..comments2023-08-08T10:25:47.529+01:00Comments on McCabism: There's only one Richard DawkinsGordon McCabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-2909234956387617622007-07-12T21:45:00.000+01:002007-07-12T21:45:00.000+01:00I do sympathise, Gordon. Although it could be wors...I do sympathise, Gordon. Although it could be worse: you could be one of those insufferably optimistic, energetic types. Dullards the lot of 'em, in my experience.Neil Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240393170374161007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-56651301075045686592007-07-12T19:46:00.000+01:002007-07-12T19:46:00.000+01:00I suffer from pre-emptive ennui.I suffer from pre-emptive ennui.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-50072294253943174732007-07-12T13:13:00.000+01:002007-07-12T13:13:00.000+01:00I don't think I'll bother with Hitchens after read...I don't think I'll bother with Hitchens after reading this post. I don't want any more rancour in my life. And I don't like deja vu. I don't like most of what I see first time round.Neil Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240393170374161007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-77271220182563322992007-07-11T23:49:00.000+01:002007-07-11T23:49:00.000+01:00Indeed. I've stopped reading it for the moment, ac...Indeed. <BR/><BR/>I've stopped reading it for the moment, actually, because the persistent rancour makes it quite heavy going. But then I guess Hitchens didn't have the benefit of Lalla Ward reading the text back to him.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-63793833409440647292007-07-11T18:04:00.000+01:002007-07-11T18:04:00.000+01:00on that last quote, surely not every single religi...on that last quote, surely not every single religious adherent is like that? mystics, for example, are usually fairly benign & uninterested in stamping out other religions. i've even met Muslims (from the Middle East rather than here) who had Xian friends and didn't give it any thought. Having said that, stupid & bad people generally become more so when they get religion, and so many people are stupid & bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com