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DamienMcKenna

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YouTube user data must be turned over to Viacom, judge rules

July 4, 2008 6:19am

I think we should show Viacom how much we love them, I mean really, really love them. They're so wonderful.

Creationist documentary premiere bars science blogger, accidentally lets in Richard Dawkins

March 21, 2008 8:42am

It should also be mentioned that both Myers and Dawkins were a) invited and b) had given their names to the screening organizers in advance through an online signup page, which the movie producer (and others) loudly denounce despite lots of very obvious evidence to the contrary.

Creationist documentary premiere bars science blogger, accidentally lets in Richard Dawkins

March 21, 2008 8:37am

Here's some info from the Orlando Sentinel's movie critic, one of the few critics who have been allowed to see it:

Review:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2008/02/is-ben-stein-th.html

Follow-up:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2008/03/expelledben-ste.html

The basic story of the documentary is that Darwinian evolution theory led to the Nazi concentration camps of WW2 and their Arian goals. That's like saying that inventing metallurgy led to Columbine.

One of Dawkins' and Myers' main issues with the documentary is that they were mislead to the intent of the documentary, which is at least partially supported by some information people discovered on one of the forums (see TFA).

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