Apology from Richard Dawkins (Yes Really).

[kiki5711]

[Flora]

I'm pleased to see those announcements go. They were just prolonging the insult to the membership IMO.

[Cunt]

I'm pleased to see those announcements go. They were just prolonging the insult to the membership IMO.

I understand what you are saying, Flora, but I stand by my errors. I am proud to have been wrong and to have learned from it.(hopefully)

I think cover-ups are not only ineffective in this context, as klr pointed out, but also embarrassing.

Maybe they are deleting other posts...who knows. If they can delete EVERYTHING CJ wrote there, what else is worth saving?

[Blondie]

While I stand by the original decision to close the forum in its current form and move to the new Discussion section instead, I want to take a slightly different course based on the feedback we have received over the last few days. It is clear that many of you greatly value some of the discussions that have already taken place and that you see it as a valuable resource. The prospect of this archive being lost to the future has clearly distressed many people, and I should have foreseen this. We will therefore not, after all, remove the old forum altogether, but will continue to make it available in a read-only form: it will not be possible to post new comments on it and it may not (after the originally promised period of 30 days) contain resource-hungry (for these things cost money) elements such as avatars and photographs. But it will preserve an easy-to-access and searchable archive of the knowledge contained in it. I think this is a reasonable and constructive compromise, and I hope it will remove any anxiety and pressure on people to archive favourite material for themselves.

A man who stands by his word.

[anthonzi]

NephilimFree discovers that the Richard Dawkins forum is closed (September 13):


The good stuff starts at 01:18 blah blah blah
Highlights: 02:34, 02:48, 03:01, 08:00,

Should we invite him over?

[stripes4]

A very little word that makes a big difference.

[Ronja]

anthonzi, I demand you come and help me collect my jaw from the all over the living room floor!

UnBeLIEvable, that!

[Trolldor]

Wut?

I lol'd

[PsychoSerenity]

NephilimFree discovers that the Richard Dawkins forum is closed (September 13):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgqZU3n0jbc

This is the first time I've seen one of his videos about something which I know completely about, and doesn't even require scientific understanding, just the ability to read. I can't believe how many outright lies he was able to cram into a 10 minute video!

[Tero]

Why why...this proves all science is wrong! It's atheist propaganda. The earth is cooling. And we shall be fruitful and multiply.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

NephilimFree earned this year's Golden Crocoduck Award.

[Mysturji]

Should we invite him over?

Absofuckinlutely!

[Animavore]

Maximum irony!

[Blondie]

My understanding, from the initial announcement of the decision to close the old forums, was so that we wouldn't have to wade through hundreds of Atheism is a religion, or Evolushun is teh work ob da debbil! type threads.

My understanding was also that it would make it easier to direct answers to those who err in their thoughts of the scientific process without overwhelming them... This will have to wait to be seen, but it is something that I suspect will be included.

I have noticed that I am at a loss for what to do when I used to post on RDF though, so I hope that it comes back soon...

Matthew Bailey

For Serious stuff Rat Skep is looking good.
For Fun shit... well, you're in the right place!

Good members mostly. Piss poor moderators mostly. Tread softly - if you suck moderator cock consistently and well you'll be fine (for this purpose clitorises can be considered small cocks).

[Bella Fortuna]

Yeah, but what about at RatSkep....?