It seems to me this is still all swinging around Statler's apparent inability to define shades of gray.
We have a judicial system that makes levels out of crimes for a reason. And Dawkins isn't a judge or even a lawyer, but an educated man stating his opinion. You don't have to agree with it. Using Adrian as an example, many atheists don't. He's no christ figure, but he is a victim of the hero worship people place on just about any celebrity. There are fansites to Ben Affleck, for fuck's sake.
We have a judicial system that makes levels out of crimes for a reason. And Dawkins isn't a judge or even a lawyer, but an educated man stating his opinion. You don't have to agree with it. Using Adrian as an example, many atheists don't. He's no christ figure, but he is a victim of the hero worship people place on just about any celebrity. There are fansites to Ben Affleck, for fuck's sake.