Richard Dawkins support for Salman Rushdie

[Citabria007]

Indians should throw out those christian evangelicals out of the country...they are there to do Indians evil

[Citabria007]

Christianity and Islam are evil religions of the world

[mikevraziel]

Every single day of the last week, I have searched longingly for this video! Kudos to the uploader!

[nextblain]

@mikevraziel haha me too omg

[gabiotta]

How the fuck can anybody be offended by Rudolf the red nosed reindeer?

What childish poop.

[Citabria007]

@gabiotta

Evangelical christians and Islamosts are offended by Baby Krishna.... so why not about red nosed reindeer?:

[gabiotta]

@Citabria007

How is it possible for a rational mind to take issue with a character in a children's story? Especially one how so valiantly gets the sleigh to it's destination?

It is religious thinking that leads to that kind off offence.

I am disappointed in the man. Not because he is offended, but that he would pretend to be. It seems to me that he is patronising his audience.

[Cafeeine]

@gabiotta I have no idea why Dawkins is offended, but I can give you a few reasons to dislike the story: Its shallow and paternalistic.Rudolph is bullied, ostracised for his appearance, which he can't control and is only allowed in the social group when the boss decides his deformity becomes useful. That can be alienating for kids that read the stories with deformities that aren't so convenient as well as used by justification by the bullies.

[Cafeeine]

@gabiotta Furthermore, lets say that Dawkins isn't offended by Rudolph and wants to use an example that his audience will understand without having to go into a tangent. Whats wrong with that if he gets his point across?

[gabiotta]

@Cafeeine

The thing is, I know this audience.. They are a highly educated and extremely cultured group of people. Indian literature in English is at the cutting edge literary fiction. They also come from a country that is rife with sectarian violence, where people are often killed over religious offence.

Like I said, I think he is patronising them and it weakens the points he is making. It is little more than more of the silly name calling that popular atheism has descended to.

[statickk14]

Hope fellow Indians are learning from this great man. Down with Faith and Organized religion!!

[logicbloke]

Yaay , Richard Dawkins is in India!