Comments on: The height of Hubris http://www.cynicalbastard.com/index.php/2007/03/the-height-of-hubris/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bertie http://www.cynicalbastard.com/index.php/2007/03/the-height-of-hubris/comment-page-1/#comment-7243 Bertie Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:09:33 +0000 http://www.cynicalbastard.com/index.php/2007/03/the-height-of-hubris/#comment-7243 Seeing only two sides to every story is needlessly simplistic surely? Seeing only two sides to every story is needlessly simplistic surely?

]]> By: King Cogidubnus http://www.cynicalbastard.com/index.php/2007/03/the-height-of-hubris/comment-page-1/#comment-7225 King Cogidubnus Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:02 +0000 http://www.cynicalbastard.com/index.php/2007/03/the-height-of-hubris/#comment-7225 Two sides to every story..... Letters -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawkins: an apology to Peter Kay Saturday March 10, 2007 Guardian I am distressed to find myself reported as participating in a "literary spat", and as "pouring scorn" on an individual, comedian Peter Kay, for whom I actually feel nothing but goodwill (Heard the one about the atheist who scorned a comedian for his belief in a comforting God? March 8). The explanation is as follows. I am one of those whom reporters regularly telephone for a soundbite. Last week, I was fed a quotation from somebody, previously unknown to me, who said he believed in God because he found it comforting. Assuming I was one of a panel of usual suspects being asked to comment on this rather common sentiment, I gave my usual response. Now it seems that I was being set up by a hired publicity machine, so that I would appear to be mounting a personal attack upon a particular individual who is my rival for a literary prize. And I also learn that the quotation they selected is an unrepresentative one from a book I haven't read (I look forward to doing so), which is competing with my own for the same prize. I hope you will allow me publicly to apologise to Peter Kay and wish him well in the competition. Richard Dawkins Oxford Two sides to every story…..

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Dawkins: an apology to Peter Kay

Saturday March 10, 2007

Guardian

I am distressed to find myself reported as participating in a “literary spat”, and as “pouring scorn” on an individual, comedian Peter Kay, for whom I actually feel nothing but goodwill (Heard the one about the atheist who scorned a comedian for his belief in a comforting God? March 8). The explanation is as follows. I am one of those whom reporters regularly telephone for a soundbite. Last week, I was fed a quotation from somebody, previously unknown to me, who said he believed in God because he found it comforting. Assuming I was one of a panel of usual suspects being asked to comment on this rather common sentiment, I gave my usual response.
Now it seems that I was being set up by a hired publicity machine, so that I would appear to be mounting a personal attack upon a particular individual who is my rival for a literary prize. And I also learn that the quotation they selected is an unrepresentative one from a book I haven’t read (I look forward to doing so), which is competing with my own for the same prize. I hope you will allow me publicly to apologise to Peter Kay and wish him well in the competition.
Richard Dawkins
Oxford

]]> By: King Cogidubnus http://www.cynicalbastard.com/index.php/2007/03/the-height-of-hubris/comment-page-1/#comment-6569 King Cogidubnus Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:38:09 +0000 http://www.cynicalbastard.com/index.php/2007/03/the-height-of-hubris/#comment-6569 Calm down dear, it's only an atheist! Calm down dear, it’s only an atheist!

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