We can count on
Richard Dawkins to find the right words to fire at
Mitt Romney.
Meanwhile, two other prominent atheists,
Sam Harris and
P Z Myers, have started firing stupidly at one another in the context of Harris's troubling comparison [
here] of two evils: collateral damage in warfare and the torture of terrorists. You can follow this sad mutual flaming on the respective blogs of
Harris and
Myers.
Without wishing to take sides, I do have the impression that the brilliant biology professor Myers, over the last year, has been losing his grip on everyday reality and becoming cantankerous.
BREAKING NEWS: Dawkins has just stepped quietly and briefly into the Harris/Myers quarrel [
here], no doubt in the hope of calming down the situation.
