Oh my godlessness! Hilarious anecdote from PZ Myers on being expelled from Expelled!

[BurtWorm]

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php

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.

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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.

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[bahrbearian]

1. Wow that is Funny

I don't think I could laugh if it happened to me thought.

[wtmusic]

2. An omniscient God would have excluded Dawkins too.

He makes too many damn mistakes.

[Jim__]

3. That's rich.

My understanding of "Expelled" is that "Darwinists" expel "non-Darwinists" from the university because "Darwinists" can't compete with ID theories. Apparently ID theories can't even stand up to being watched (laughed at) by informed viewers.

[Rob H.]

4. "My guest was … Richard Dawkins."

Ha! Classic! Reminds me of the time when Dogma was being picketed at one of its showings and Kevin Smith (director/Silent Bob) showed up and joined the group picketing the movie. Not one person who was picketing recognized him!

:rofl:

[trotsky]

5. I want to laugh...

but I'm more upset by the fact that Dawkins was in my city and I didn't even know!

[varkam]

6. Fantastic.

:rofl:

[Realityhack]

7. Update -

Now they are claiming Dawkins 'crashed' the movie and PZ was disruptive (both wrong). See the expelled website (if you must) under the news section (note most of the bylines are themselves).