oh my

There's a new review of Bogus Science up at Amazon that's a bit more mixed than the previous one. The reviewer has a couple of things he and I simply disagree about, which is fair enough I suppose (though a bit less certainty in her/his statement of position might have been nice), but it's a thoughtful review and was highly flattering about most of the book. And one quote in particular is likely to be bandied about Snarl Towers a lot:

The author's style is reminiscent of Stephen Jay Gould at his best.

barbarians

What wonderfully courageous people we live among.

Think what bravery it took to strap down a defenseless lunatic and inject him with poison. (Ve voss only following orderz.)

Think of the amazing courage of VA Gov Tim Kaine in sending a madman to his death.

The Supreme Court? Wow. The greatest courage of all. Hell, the legal case was clear: no one but a sane person would think it a good idea to doctor the back of a car so they could snipe at random at civilians in DC. Heavens-to-Betsy, that's the kind of thing sane people do all the time.

Meanwhile we have this: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/editors

Who, to be honest, is the more nuts here? It's hard to tell. But I can damn' well tell who's the more deserving of punishment.