Richard Dawkins Bin Laden Twitter rant sparks hilarious hashtag

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04 November 2013 10:12 AM

Evolutionary biologist and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins launched into an irate rant on Sunday, after his honey was confiscated at an airport.

Pointing to the restriction as proof "Bin Laden has won", the unrelenting critic of religion and the religious, slammed the "inflexible rule-bound airport security."

He tweeted "Of course I know the airport security rules. My point is those rules are stupid advertising displays of dundridge zeal. Bin Laden has won."

He later sought to clarify his remarks, posting: "Do you idiots seriously think I give a damn about my stupid honey? It's the PRINCIPLE I care about. Get it? Principle, not honey, principle."

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/richard-dawkins-bin-laden-twitter-rant-sparks-hilarious-hashtag-8920364.html

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tweetlikericharddawkins&src=hash

I blame this on the Q'uran.

[jollyreaper2112]

1. he's not wrong

We really have given in to fear. He can be a bit of an ass on gender issues but he's not out of line on this.

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2. Well . . . .

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/04/richard-dawkins-twitter-jokes_n_4211521.html

[dimbear]

3. American readers may search their local groceries for the competing crumpet spread 'dundridge'

but in vain.

It is Dawkin's pet term for a person attempting to justify the value of the job he is 'doing.'

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5. Indeed.

[cbayer]

10. I had to look it up and I like it.

[cbayer]

4. Some of the tweets at the linked site are pretty hilarious.

Twitter baffles me. Does anyone really care if someone else's honey was confiscated and that they think this proves that Bin Laden has won??

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6. Nothing tops this one.

Richard Dawkins
Bin Laden has won, in airports of the world every day. I had a little jar of honey, now thrown away by rule-bound dundridges. STUPID waste.

November 3, 2013 11:04 am via web Reply Retweet Favorite

[cbayer]

7. I like this one.

Your Friendly Muslim ?@Bearded_Guy 49m
Bin laden has won, all these tweets referring to him, It's what he would've wanted. #TweetLikeRichardDawkins

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8. They're merciless.

Henrique Quina ?@HeQuiLait 6h
The supermarket I went to only had Halal turkey salami left in stock. Bin Laden has won. #TweetLikeRichardDawkins

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[cbayer]

9. This is one of the reasons I don't tweet or do facebook.

When you report just about everything that comes to your mind, you clearly increase your risk of saying something that can be mercilessly mocked.

[LostOne4Ever]

11. People actually use, read, and care about twitter

Bin Laden has won.

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[cbayer]

12. If we were voting, you would win, imo.