1. Review of Richard Dawkins' new book 'The Fascism Delusion'

Comment #69148 by Lightbulb on September 9, 2007 at 7:33 pm

JJ Ramsey:

As it is with a lot of parodies, this one is not meant to be an extensive analysis of the subject. It was not meant to analogize fascism to religion to the extent that you apparently think it did. The reviews of TGD were the direct target of the parody (specifically in their misrepresentation of Dawkins' argument), not religion. (And yes, some ludicrous statements for fascism were made that would be true for religions to a lesser degree).

"Both mercury poisoning and a high-fat diet are unhealthy, but there is a pretty big difference in how much we can tolerate them."

I certainly agree with the analogy. Ideally though, we would not have to deal with either.

2. Review of Richard Dawkins' new book 'The Fascism Delusion'

Comment #69105 by Lightbulb on September 9, 2007 at 5:52 pm

JJ Ramsey:

This parody was meant to expose some of the obscurantist tactics the reviewers of The God Delusion resorted to in their reviews (apparently fascism can be defended with the same defense they used) and possibly to imply that they resorted to these tactics because of a lack of a real argument. It was probably not meant to compare religion and fascism except so far as to say that neither are healthy.