tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705212129043604002.post560858455764485360..comments2023-11-02T01:12:33.019-07:00Comments on Brian Palmu: On Blogging Responsibility and Direct EngagementBrian Palmuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850783426719352543noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705212129043604002.post-33772968089295131222009-11-17T05:01:43.081-08:002009-11-17T05:01:43.081-08:00Brian, something that strikes me as a revealing co...Brian, something that strikes me as a revealing counterpoint to the Danner/Packer debate--which, as you note, was sadly derailed at Bookninja by bilious non-sequiturs--is Terry Eagleton's LRB review of Dawkins' _God Delusion_. Oddly enough, in the chatter following that publication, I didn't hear anyone saying that Eagleton should never have been allowed to review Dawkins' book because of either ideological differences or because of the fact that they've both been profs at the same institution. Not to mention the association of Dawkins' book with Hitchens' _God is Not Great_ and Eagleton's former friendship with Hitch. I did hear a number of people taking issue with Eagleton's rather sloppy review, but they were arguing with _what he said_, not with his right to say it.<br /><br />And that, fundamentally, is what is simultaneously funny and annoying about the most recent round of They Must Be Stopped: that it has no bearing whatsoever on substantive issues.Zachariah Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241595894807722933noreply@blogger.com