2009-07-01 I was wondering about that

2009-07-01 PZ Myers Pharyngula \active atheism\Unscientific America\2008 sacred wafer scandal\2009-07-01 On the wicked new atheists http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/i_was_wondering_about_that.php I was wondering about that I was wondering about that  I received Chris Mooney's last two books as review copies, before the simple folk could get theirs, and I also gave them positive (and sincere!) reviews. I'd noticed that he's got a new book out, but strangely, I hadn't been sent a copy this time. I was wondering what was up with that, but now Ophelia Benson has read part of the book, and all is explained. He spends part of one chapter singling me out for criticism! Gosh, I guess he felt he wouldn't get a friendly review this time.

The focus of his ire? Crackergate. He regards destroying a sacred symbol to be inflammatory and obnoxious, completely ignoring the insanity it exposed. That insanity – and I am not using that word casually – is what Mooney thinks the spokespeople for science in our country ought to treat deferentially. Notes:
 * PZ did in fact receive a copy from the authors

&ldquo;The focus of his ire? Crackergate. He regards destroying a sacred symbol to be inflammatory and obnoxious, completely ignoring the insanity it exposed. That insanity – and I am not using that word casually – is what Mooney thinks the spokespeople for science in our country ought to treat deferentially.&rdquo;   