Richard Dawkinsâ?? insanity has now become an English institution â?? like warm beer and rain. On Saturday morning, a tweet from his account asked why we donâ??t send lots of "erotic videos" to theocracies, adding that it should be â??loving, gentle, woman-respectingâ? (I guess this involves the pizza delivery boy calling the next day). If weâ??re going down this road, I also hear that Islamists arenâ??t very keen on bacon, so perhaps we should bombard the Iranian countryside with pig carcasses? Also, miniature bottles of gin. And photos of hot guys making out â?? in a â??men-respectingâ? and â??gentleâ? sort of way.
After a few minutes of mockery, the tweet was deleted. Perhaps even he realised how utterly mad it was. Which suggests a degree of self-awareness that I didnâ??t think possible in Britainâ??s nuttiest professor.
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