…and this is a 
EXPELLED!
Category: Creationism
Posted on: March 20, 2008 8:26 PM, by PZ Myers
There is a rich, deep kind of irony that must be shared. I'm blogging this from the Apple store in the Mall of America, because I'm too amused to want to wait until I get back to my hotel room.
I went to attend a screening of the creationist propaganda movie, Expelled, a few minutes ago. Well, I tried … but I was Expelled! It was kind of weird — I was standing in line, hadn't even gotten to the point where I had to sign in and show ID, and a policeman pulled me out of line and told me I could not go in. I asked why, of course, and he said that a producer of the film had specifically instructed him that I was not to be allowed to attend. The officer also told me that if I tried to go in, I would be arrested. I assured him that I wasn't going to cause any trouble.
I went back to my family and talked with them for a while, and then the officer came back with a theater manager, and I was told that not only wasn't I allowed in, but I had to leave the premises immediately. Like right that instant.
I complied.
I'm still laughing though. You don't know how hilarious this is. Not only is it the extreme hypocrisy of being expelled from their Expelled movie, but there's another layer of amusement. Deep, belly laugh funny. Yeah, I'd be rolling around on the floor right now, if I weren't so dang dignified.
You see … well, have you ever heard of a sabot? It's a kind of sleeve or lightweight carrier used to surround a piece of munition fired from a gun. It isn't the actually load intended to strike the target, but may even be discarded as it leaves the barrel.
I'm a kind of sabot right now.
They singled me out and evicted me, but they didn't notice my guest. They let him go in escorted by my wife and daughter. I guess they didn't recognize him. My guest was …
Richard Dawkins.
He's in the theater right now, watching their movie.
Tell me, are you laughing as hard as I am?
Comments
That's awesome.
Posted by: benjdm | March 20, 2008 8:42 PM
a policeman pulled me out of line and told me I could not go in. I asked why, of course, and he said that a producer of the film had specifically instructed him that I was not to be allowed to attend. The officer also told me that if I tried to go in, I would be arrested. I assured him that I wasn't going to cause any trouble.
WTF?
a POLICEMAN?
as in actual law enforcement, paid for by the city?
If so, that's the real story here, no offense to your being snubbed, PZ.
Posted by: Ichthyic | March 20, 2008 8:42 PM
ROFL ROFL ROFL!!!!
Absolutely Classic! I suppose you didn't happen to capture it all on a video phone or somethin'?!? That would make wonderful YouTube!
-Rusty
Posted by: minusRusty | March 20, 2008 8:42 PM
I LOVE IT! Absolutely brilliant! I'm almost rolling on the floor right now. What an amazing coup for the side of reason. It would be even better if it was captured on video.
I hope you call a press conference after Richard comes out of the theater.
Posted by: pedro bungoton | March 20, 2008 8:43 PM
Yep, must concur with benjdm: that was a belly laugh right there. Also: spending the evening with Dawkins? That makes the whole thing at least half again as awesome.
Posted by: Beth B. | March 20, 2008 8:45 PM
They told us ahead of time that no recording devices would be allowed, so no, nothing was captured.
I don't know if the officer was a local security guard or an official, real policeman -- I didn't look at his badge carefully. But they did have several of these big burly guys in uniform standing by the entrance.
Posted by: PZ Myers | March 20, 2008 8:45 PM
That's too funny. You'll have to wait until it's shoveled onto the DVD market.
Oh, and you tell Prof. Dawkins that he can be seen in 3D now at his Madison press conference at 3D Science News. That ought to make his day.
I wonder how many Christian not-wanted posters you're on?
Posted by: David Lee | March 20, 2008 8:47 PM
I would have waited a bit longer before posting this, just to be safe. I would not be surprised if some fundy sneak reads this, makes a few calls and send the guard back inside for Dawkins.
But yes, it is hilarious. :)
Posted by: F.Jardim | March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
Yes, I laughed out loud. I believe the term for this is "awesome".
Now, I realize that a theatre is private property, and you can be forbidden entrance for any reason or no reason at all. It's not surprising you were thrown out. However, I'm a bit curious. This policeman who threw you out. I presume he was there in uniform, and so was officially there. Did you get the impression that it bothered him to be kicking you out? The theatre owner, the producers, I can see them ordering your expulsion with glee, but I'd expect that to stick in the craw of a disinterested third party, particularly when he's being asked to do the dirty work. Did it seem that way to you?
Posted by: Winter Toad | March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
Ye Gods*, man...have you no GROUCHO GLASSES????
*sorry...the god-punchers have all the god oaths.
Posted by: cory | March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
Should give you bragging rights over that Dawkins chap. "Oh Richard - who did they recognise trying to see eXpelled? The 'famous' Richard Dawkins or the instantly recognizable PZ? Huh Huh."
Posted by: Quidam | March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
Probably from Blackwater.
Posted by: TTT | March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
HAHAHAH! thats classic! OMG thats hilarious!
Posted by: sashas | March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
My wife is looking at me right now in wonderment. She is trying to figure out why I'm laughing so hard.
..............That ............
..............was .............
............brilliant!
Posted by: Nick K | March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
I'm actually wondering how they knew it was me -- I'm not that recognizable, and I was standing next to Richard Freaking Dawkins.
Speaking of which, I should probably head back to the theater. If the creationists spot this post, they might be frantically calling the local organizers right now, telling the police to rush in and grab suspicious British looking characters from the audience.
Posted by: PZ Myers | March 20, 2008 8:49 PM
I didn't look at his badge carefully
you're still there.
seriously, if they are actual police officers, they are not acting legally in any sense I am aware of.
It needs to be an issue if the producers of Expelled can buy actual cops to act as enforcers.
OTOH, if they are just "mall security guards" it still probably exceeds their authority, but I wouldn't see it worth making an issue of.
This is actually kind of spooky, if you ask me.
Hired thugs to keep out "undesirables"?
sounds like a GW "town hall meeting" to me.
Posted by: Ichthyic | March 20, 2008 8:49 PM
Ummm...good OATHS, I was supposed to type. Must be the two Hoegaardens I just had at dinner typing.
Posted by: cory | March 20, 2008 8:49 PM
Oh...
my...
Loki.
That is completely hilarious. I wonder if the people sitting next to him at the theater will recognize him from the movie. You have to keep us updated.
And yes, I'm also irritated by the use of an actual public law enforcement officer to kick you out. But technically, it's probably legal. Private property, "we reserve the right to refuse service to anybody," etc. Using cops to keep people out a movie because they may say mean things about it is rather an abuse of the principle... but it's probably not actually illegal.
Posted by: Greta Christina | March 20, 2008 8:50 PM
Not even letting someone who was in the movie attend the movie pretty much tells you all you need to know, doesn't it? Could they be any more dishonest?
Posted by: Cyde Weys | March 20, 2008 8:50 PM
That is really, really funny. These folks seem to be incompetent at everything they do. I do hope they don't see this post before the movie ends as they might go after Richard. Then again, stopping the movie, turning on the lights, and tossing out a nice gentleman might be bad press, no?
Posted by: afterthought | March 20, 2008 8:50 PM
That's hilarious, PZ. I know that Dawkins doesn't run a weblog and so he's not actively satirizing every juicy piece of creationist propaganda shoved in his face, but this is just ridiculous.
I mean, you're a big name, PZ, but the fact that they let the face of atheism in to see the movie and made a point of kicking you out... just what the fuck?!?
Oh well, I guess fundies will be fundies.
Posted by: JStein | March 20, 2008 8:51 PM
That's like the creme brulee of comedy. Rich, decadent, and absolutely sinfully delicious.
Posted by: xailith | March 20, 2008 8:51 PM
Outstanding, PZ. I laughed so hard I still hurt.
Hypochristianity in action, again.
Posted by: Bob | March 20, 2008 8:52 PM
That is a hoot, PZ. I'm glad that there was no Mirecki-style rough stuff to go with the disinvitation.
Please tell us that Dr. Dawkins will have a guest post here telling us of his experience this evening.
I was kicked out of the 2002 RAPID conference, but at least I was treated to dinner by the conference organizer as a consolation prize of sorts. It sounds like the IDC community has gotten grumpier with the passage of time.
Posted by: Wesley R. Elsberry | March 20, 2008 8:52 PM
That's what I wondered - did they put out an APB on bearded professor-looking types? And letting Dawkins in but not you will have me laughing for DAYS.
Wait, everyone who went to see it had to SIGN IN AND SHOW ID? Where was this being shown? I totally would want to throw a massive fit in line about identity theft and how they weren't entitled to my personal information just to see a movie.
Posted by: Carlie | March 20, 2008 8:53 PM
Holy hell!!! That's the most hysterical thing I've ever heard!
Posted by: Reed Braden | March 20, 2008 8:54 PM
Laughed OUT LOUD
Posted by: Greg | March 20, 2008 8:54 PM
This will be the theater security's reaction.
Posted by: James F | March 20, 2008 8:54 PM
Man, if it was an intentional diversion you've earned your Intelligence Tradecraft Badge of Merit right there.
Thanks for the laugh, can't wait to hear Mr. Dawkins review of the projection.
Posted by: glopk | March 20, 2008 8:55 PM
Oh I can't wait to hear more from Richard about the rest of the event.
Did these doofuses even realize that Richard Dawkins was in the US right now? You'd think if they put up PZ wanted posters they might have told the ID-checker at the door to look for Dennet, Hitchens, Harris or Dawkins. Wow, how's that for not thinking things all the way through?
Posted by: Schmeer | March 20, 2008 8:55 PM
Nicccce! I can't wait to hear what he has to say about it.
Posted by: Barry | March 20, 2008 8:55 PM
I want to know if Dawkins managed to keep a straight face as he entered the theatre. Oh, my belly hurts from laughing so hard!
Posted by: Nerdette | March 20, 2008 8:56 PM
PZ!! CALL THE PRESS AND HAVE DAWKINS INTERVIEWED AFTER THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: minusRusty | March 20, 2008 8:57 PM
Priceless. I'll have to head over to Dawkins' site in the next couple of days. It's gonna be entertainment.
Posted by: paul | March 20, 2008 8:57 PM
Epic. Fail.
Posted by: syntyche | March 20, 2008 8:57 PM
I second minus' comment - call the press. Right. Now. TV, radio, newspaper. This is tooooooo good to let go. Call Richard on his cell.
Posted by: Josh | March 20, 2008 8:58 PM
On that point, wasn't Richard interviewed for Expelled? by what right can they keep him from seeing a movie he appears in?
Posted by: Cafeeine | March 20, 2008 9:00 PM
That is totally awesome. Hysterical. I laughed so hard I scared my cat.
Posted by: Julie K | March 20, 2008 9:01 PM
That is pure awesome PZ!
Posted by: Dude | March 20, 2008 9:01 PM
As an aside.... Ummm... How long was the line??
Posted by: Nick K | March 20, 2008 9:01 PM
I think you should contact someone from the Minneapolis papers - preferably someone you have reason to believe might be sympathetic - and give him or her this story. It would be great press!
Posted by: Candy | March 20, 2008 9:02 PM
LOL, nice work. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Posted by: LK | March 20, 2008 9:02 PM
One of the producers? Lives here:
http://kevinwrites.typepad.com/otherwise_known_as_kevin_/
Nomad went to see it:
http://www.antievolution.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=14;t=5152;st=540#entry100826
Posted by: Rich | March 20, 2008 9:03 PM
Could you stand just outside theater grounds to greet people as they come out? "Hi, I'm PZ, and I was in the movie..."
I would dearly love it if Dawkins started yelling back at the screen during his parts. "That's not what I meant!!!"
Posted by: Carlie | March 20, 2008 9:03 PM
Priceless!
They'll be so sorry they fixated on "anyone with tentacles and a beard" instead of recognizing different varieties of reality-based humans.
Posted by: Monado, FCD | March 20, 2008 9:05 PM
Congratulations! Getting barred from Expelled must be much better than seeing it.
This is almost like a Seinfeld episode.
Posted by: Pete | March 20, 2008 9:05 PM
That's hysterical. I can't wait to see how the Expelled and DI numpties try to put a positive spin on this later.
Posted by: Buffybot | March 20, 2008 9:06 PM
You Win Teh Internet. :-D
Posted by: Mike Crichton | March 20, 2008 9:07 PM
Priceless! Absolutely priceless!
You have to tell us, was this a cunning plan or a brilliant piece of improvisation?
Posted by: Ian H Spedding FCD | March 20, 2008 9:08 PM
I'm wanting to know how it is that the producers were able to convince the theater to expel PZ? Is this not a public screening? And, if this was a real cop, on what legal grounds did he order him off the premises? Seriously, something's not right here. But boy, it will make for GREAT publicity against those asshats.
Posted by: Josh | March 20, 2008 9:08 PM
Damn you, PZ! I almost choked on my Guinness!
Brilliant!
oh wait... no. The opposite of that.
Posted by: Pete | March 20, 2008 9:09 PM
This is as wonderful as it is hilarious! Thanks for running interference for Richard Dawkins, PZ!
(ROTFL! Imagining the Expelled flacks keeping tabs on your site, then sending their compliant police through the theater with bright flashlights, looking for the atheist Brit!)
Posted by: HalfMooner | March 20, 2008 9:10 PM
There is absolutely no other response to this but
OMG
Posted by: rmp | March 20, 2008 9:12 PM
Even if they didn't recognize his face, how did they miss the name "Richard Dawkins" on his ID or passport?
Posted by: Barry | March 20, 2008 9:14 PM
That's awesome. Remember to give us an update when you have a chance. :)
Posted by: Alex | March 20, 2008 9:15 PM
More than 50 posts post-posting? Awesome! And: ... Dawkins? Someawe!!! I dearly hope he enjoys the movie, and takes it with a crumb of salt. (A bit of dry humor might help.)
Posted by: BB | March 20, 2008 9:16 PM
They could be real police officers. Police often work "off duty" in full uniform when they are hired by a private company or person to provide security. Most departments require the job to be aproved by the department. But not all do. I was a police officer here in Phoenix for 22 years and it is something that is quite common here and, talking to officers from other parts of the country, quite common other places.
Devin
Posted by: devin rankin | March 20, 2008 9:16 PM
How I would have loved to see that. :)
Posted by: Triphesas | March 20, 2008 9:16 PM
Theatres are not generally "public" in the First Amendment sense of publicly owned. They are privately owned businesses and can refuse service to anyone, as long as they don't violate laws prohibiting specific discrimination against classes of citizens. They can and do refuse to allow people in who violate dress codes such as no shirt no shoes no service. Chances are the cop is an off-duty policeman moonlighting as security, which is also legal. That being said, who the hell has a movie screening and wants to keep people out? The way these idiots are going about their "marketing" is simply stoopid.
Posted by: Candy | March 20, 2008 9:17 PM
Oh, Expelled! Ever the source of comedy!
Posted by: miller | March 20, 2008 9:19 PM
Expelled from "Expelled", but Dawkins was admitted?!
Not exactly joined-up thinking from the doffuses, is it?
Posted by: Kimpatsu | March 20, 2008 9:19 PM
I truly cannot imagine how they thought that whatever commentary PZ had on the film would be worse then this. It is really amusing, and I second the idea that getting it on video would have been awesome.
Posted by: Cafeeine | March 20, 2008 9:20 PM
I'm actually a bit stuck as far as alerting the media -- no cell phones, remember?
If any locals in the twin cities want to call the area news and let them know that the infamous atheist Richard Dawkins got in to see this creationist movie, and he's at the AMC 14 at the Mall of America, please do. The movie started around 7:30, I imagine it will be over around 9 or 9:30.
I'm just going to hang around outside the theater. I'm sure any reporters who show up will recognize me, and I'll point Dawkins out to them.
Posted by: PZ Myers | March 20, 2008 9:21 PM
oh heck, you should have BOTH beeen wearing a burka.
Posted by: extatyzoma | March 20, 2008 9:21 PM
The strategy of keeping the skeptical and rational sectors of society out of preview screenings of this movie makes a lot of sense. If we can't see it we can't destroy it's credibility before it is widely released, and it follows that they will be able to blindside uninformed people much more easily.
As far as this situation goes... this is a total lollercaust!
Posted by: Shaggy | March 20, 2008 9:22 PM
Congratualtions - It's for a good coause.
But how did they not bust ALL the Irony Meters in the Minn-St. Paul are with your"expulsion"?
And Double Irony Points for them letting in Richard! If Kristine is with you say Hi!
Posted by: J-Dog | March 20, 2008 9:23 PM
First time poster, long time lurker:
This is so full of win, I can't stand it
Posted by: pcrthis | March 20, 2008 9:24 PM
PZ, if what you are saying is true its just so funny. It must have been incredibly exciting, a bit like being underage and getting caught trying to go in a nightclub when all the while your underage buddy has got in there....with all the drugs!!
Posted by: extatyzoma | March 20, 2008 9:24 PM
Shaggy,
I completely understand this, however the manner this was executed was so shoddily done that was a proverbial bullet in the foot.
Posted by: Cafeeine | March 20, 2008 9:25 PM
I don't understand why this was done -- how is this going to be spun from their point of view? I mean, what the heck was the purpose?
"The atheist establishment is so dangerous that we had to keep them out of this movie for YOUR PROTECTION because -- what?"
You will yell things at the screen?
You will write down the names of all the Christians who came to see this movie?
You will allow demons into the theater, and they will cause people to become possessed?
You will spill your popcorn and drinks, because atheists have no moral sense -- and their balance is bad, too?
You will plant a bomb?
You will use the information in the movie to plan counter attacks for your own movie?
You will blog about the movie -- and goodness knows we can't have that?
You have "atheist cooties?"
I don't get how they plan on spinning this for their public. What the heck are they going to tell people they were afraid of?
Or are they just afraid you would enjoy yourself?
Dumb.
Posted by: Sastra | March 20, 2008 9:25 PM
HA! That is absolutely hysterical. Love it!
Posted by: gir | March 20, 2008 9:26 PM
Unbelievable. These hucksters couldn't have shot themselves more directly in the foot.
I'd also like to repeat the call for a Richard Dawkins guest post...
Posted by: olivermcrae | March 20, 2008 9:27 PM
Kristine is here, as are my wife and Skatje, as well as a few people from the RDF, including Josh Timonen. I saw a few other atheists in line, too. It's like they let the whole gang in while trying to intimidate li'l ol' me!
Posted by: PZ Myers | March 20, 2008 9:27 PM
Pleasepleaseplease let some fundie see this post and have Dawkins put out. The irony (fundies, look it up...)
Oh, my sides hurt.
I am ... honoured to have been virtually present at this pwning. Bravo.
Posted by: Amadán | March 20, 2008 9:27 PM
This is too good.
Now Ben Stein has something in common with the Scientologists -- shadowy spies keeping tabs on a list of designated enemies.
I'd love to know the sequence of events behind the curtain of their organization that managed to single you out for special treatment.
And if this was a public showing, I think you have the basis for a serious lawsuit.
Posted by: Hank Fox | March 20, 2008 9:27 PM
That is the funniest thing I've heard in weeks.
And... these Expelled people are really insane. It's a movie, ferwhutsake!
Posted by: Bee | March 20, 2008 9:27 PM
Lurker here, first time comment. That post was GREAT! My little atheist heart is laughing so hard! Please let Richard post his review of this movie.
Posted by: Summer Squirrel | March 20, 2008 9:27 PM
I was actually getting pretty indignant until I got to the "Richard Dawkins" part, and then the laughter came. Now I have to go see if this sudden pain is actually a hernia or not...
Posted by: Milo Johnson | March 20, 2008 9:27 PM
I may not be laughing as hard as you are, but I am laughing out loud.
Posted by: Jennifer | March 20, 2008 9:29 PM
OH YES!!!!
That has brightened up an otherwise dismal (good) Friday. Here in Ireland the hypocrisy is at fever pitch, and this news is just brilliant.
Posted by: Paul Hands | March 20, 2008 9:30 PM
Best post EVER!!!!!!!
Awesome!
Posted by: CalGeorge | March 20, 2008 9:30 PM
RRRROOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFLLLLL
I'm sorry that you were "Expelled," PZ, but this is the FUNNIEST thing I've EVER heard! LMAOOOOOOOOOO
I can't wait to hear Dawkins' response to the film!
Posted by: Mark P. | March 20, 2008 9:32 PM
bwahahahaha....
can't...
breathe...
laughing...
too hard...
Posted by: CanadianChick | March 20, 2008 9:32 PM
I was quite amused.
Posted by: Bronze Dog | March 20, 2008 9:33 PM
GAWD that's funny! You can't make that kind of stuff up!!
Posted by: Rich | March 20, 2008 9:33 PM
Long time lurker, first time poster. Hilarious post!
Posted by: Godzilla | March 20, 2008 9:33 PM
Tell me, are you laughing as hard as I am?
We are.
Posted by: B. Dewhirst | March 20, 2008 9:34 PM
I am in awe. You're the man Dr Myers.
Posted by: Bob L | March 20, 2008 9:34 PM
hysterical. next time make sure hitchens is there too, pushing his way in, really drunk with 'were on the bloody guest list you know'.
its like a friggin comedy act round here at the moment, excellent.
Posted by: extatyzoma | March 20, 2008 9:35 PM
Getting barred from a movie in which you appear, because the producers are afraid you'll call them out on misrepresenting your position. Magnificent.
I think your sfik is pretty much infinite now.
Posted by: Epikt | March 20, 2008 9:35 PM
I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the hypocrisy of creationists anymore, but then again, they are always one-upping themselves. From what I've heard from the write-ups in the movie, they allege a huge conspiracy on the part of science whose goal is to keep all of the non-"evolutionists" out. In other words, there's all this evidence against it, but anyone who dares speak truth to power is expelled.
So how do they possibly justify using the exact same tactics here? Surely sunlight would be the best disinfectant against what they allege the scientific establishment is doing, not copying it wholesale?
Of course, this is really just projection. They're claiming that the scientific establishment is guilty of the Orwellian thought control tactics that really only they are using.
Posted by: Cyde Weys | March 20, 2008 9:35 PM
Ah, delicious! This story made my day!
BTW, does anyone have info on where advance screenings will be taking place? The Raleigh, NC area in particular - I would love to get a sneak peek.
Posted by: Jessa | March 20, 2008 9:37 PM
Could they have kicked you out so that they could play up the "Now he knows how we feel" angle? Revenge -- the worm finally turns, and now the atheist biology professor gets it? Creationists rejoice, because we finally have a chance to do to them what they do to us? See how HE likes it! This is what THEY do -- in our science labs and classrooms! We're still fighting for the Little Guy, and for Jesus.
I mean, this is just so dumb from their own point of view. I keep trying to figure out what their spin is. They want to be seen as victims. Removing someone who wants to sit quietly and watch the movie makes no freaking sense if you're playing into a narrative of being oppressed.
Maybe they think fellow creationists will get a sense of justice satisfied? This is some kind of 'pay back?'
Posted by: Sastra | March 20, 2008 9:38 PM
My roommate showed me this two minutes ago and I literally burst into laughter.
Hopefully Dawkins gets to stick around for the entire thing; then he can spread the word about how the people who made Expelled are the most hypocritical people ever.
Posted by: Puneet | March 20, 2008 9:39 PM
You should have thought ahead. Get someone with a video camera to record you being evicted. Then on to YouTube.
Geesh, PZ, you missed your chance to be a movie star. I'm sure some of the frames would look good on T shirts, mouse pads, and coffee mugs. Think of the tie ins. PZ action figures, lunch boxes, and Holiday cards.
Academics are so clueless. I bet you don't even have an agent.
Posted by: raven | March 20, 2008 9:39 PM
That was beautiful.
Posted by: Michael X | March 20, 2008 9:40 PM
ROFL sooo hard my cat ran away! I wish there was some magical live video feed of this. Beyond awesome.
Posted by: Brigit | March 20, 2008 9:41 PM
Hey PZ :)
http://www.rantsnraves.org/showthread.php?p=283621#post283621
Posted by: Monad | March 20, 2008 9:41 PM
Dawkins was with PZ and family. It could be that someone told the theater manager that the evil Richard Dawkins was about to enter his cinema to watch Expelled, and he took a wild guess has to which of two men was the nefarious fellow. :)
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | March 20, 2008 9:43 PM
Man, I can't imagine how those guys have any toes left, they shoot themselves themselves in the foot so often.
Posted by: RBH | March 20, 2008 9:44 PM
PZ: can you tell us a little more about the nature of the screening?
Was it more open than previous carefully selected audiences? Was it a test screening that they opened in an area they just hoped would be almost universally religious? What's the deal with even allowing random people into the screening at all, given their past behavior?
Posted by: Bad | March 20, 2008 9:44 PM
This may be the most awesome post ever!!! I can't wait to hear from Dawkins and the others.
Posted by: Bruce | March 20, 2008 9:44 PM
This has the hallmarks of mileage. Press, cartoons and blogs abound will relay their gaff and the irony for a long time to come.
Posted by: gbusch | March 20, 2008 9:44 PM
Tell me, are you laughing as hard as I am?
Yes. YEs. OHH YEESS!!!
(almost better than sex!)
Posted by: Ivan A D'Mocracy | March 20, 2008 9:45 PM
Yes, I'm laughing as hard as you are...and so is my spouse, ever since I pointed out your post as the source of my merriment.
This is a classic story, and "Expelled" is *so* p0wned!
Posted by: cognitive dissident | March 20, 2008 9:45 PM
I tried contacting several of the TV st