tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post3768418770762448435..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Haught vs Coyne: The LetterLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-38913020843952265762011-12-17T13:28:25.265-05:002011-12-17T13:28:25.265-05:00"...for a third party perspective on whether ..."...for a third party perspective on whether Coyne's behavior was appropriate..." <br /><br />Some third party! Dawkins is a good friend of Coyne. It is like asking Mussolini if Hitler's behavior is appropriate. Coyne's behavior is often repugnant, and Dawkins is no impartial judge. <br /><br />Dawkins censored a comment of mine that was mildly critical of Coyne. My notion that calling someone a "pompous jerk" (as Coyne did to Jim P. Houston) might not be appropriate behavior in academic circles was too radical a suggestion for Dawkins -- so, I was censored. This, after Dawkins went into a sanctimonious and hypocritical "oh, my ears and whiskers" routine about his soul-searching over whether he was letting his friendship for Coyne possibly introduce bias into his decision over the Haught/Coyne controversy. Dawkins _never_ allows even the mildest criticism of Coyne to appear -- except to denounce it. <br /><br />Both Coyne and Dawkins are extremely intolerant about dissenting views. Each uses his power as moderator/censor (at their respective websites) as a bludgeon to silence even the mildest critics. I know I won't win any friends by saying this, as both of these men are extremely well liked for their writing. But the fact remains that their personal behavior, at times, is lacking in tolerance and courtesy.Tom D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16005219519644708237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-18184291008100253892011-11-06T10:45:58.007-05:002011-11-06T10:45:58.007-05:00God soaked morons like Haught behave like cockroac...God soaked morons like Haught behave like cockroaches scurrying for cover when the lights are turned on.<br /><br />" John Haught seems to have just discovered that his special privileges have been revoked."<br /><br />Nicely put, Larry.waldteufelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-14458929507460106782011-11-05T20:13:51.254-04:002011-11-05T20:13:51.254-04:00I've followed this "debate" with abo...I've followed this "debate" with about the same amount of interest as I've followed Herman Cain's "debate" with the facts of his personal history of sexual harassment. In both cases I'm much less interested in the merits that the aggrieved parties claim to bring to the table than in the spectacle that such claims and arguments are accorded any merit whatsoever given the clear evidence to the contrary.<br /><br />"Up is down and black is white, just please be sure to spell my name right" seems to be the operating principle in either case and I, for one, am saddened that this is what passes for reasoned discourse in the popular press (such as it is).Arabifloranoreply@blogger.com