Morons at the helm: the Firefox-blocking Danny Carlton

Let's dig into the deep dark Moron Web. Today, we'll explore the "wonderful" lessons that Danny Carlton, of Firefox blocking infamy, has for us.

Some say you will know them by their actions. I say you can also know them by their words. On his article When religion poses as science, Danny says:

One of the "foundational" "proofs" for the overall religion of Evolution is the distances of stars. By claiming stars are so far away, adherents to the religion of Evolution use that as evidence for an old universe. However that falls apart if the speed of light is not an absolute (actually it falls apart for several other reasons, but much more apparently without the assumption of Einstein's claim about the velocity of light). So research that shows any aberration in the dogma of an absolute speed of light is conveniently ignored, suppressed and tossed aside. Thus we have Dr. Nimtz being oblivious to other, recent findings.

It's pretty plain that Danny Carlton is a religious kook. And, might I add, an easy target. Why?

Because I love arguments that misuse words to make their points "pan out". They're like jigsaw puzzles built using scissors to make the pieces fit. It's so easy to nuke those arguments -- just flip a dictionary and they fall like a house of cards.

Here's what I wanted to respond to today's moron. His site wouldn't let the comment go through but, thanks to the magic of the interblags, I can reply (and probably reach a wider audience than him):

My response to Danny

You seem to have a very, uhm, "personal" definition for the word "religion".

For the record, something that does not revolve around divine entities cannot, by dictionary definition, be a religion. Evolution, as part of biology, which is a scientific discipline obviously revolves around no divinities and no faith. Ergo, evolution is not a religion. This is not up for debate, as it's a matter of fact. Fact that your article seems to merrily ignore in order to make the stupidest of points.

In fact, nothing that revolves around a divinity can be called science, because divinities are untestable and unfalsifiable -- the antithesis of the fundamental principle of scientific theory.

But, of course, I'm not surprised that you hold this nonsensical implication to be true. You also seem to have a weird definition for the words "theft" and "steal", judging by your actions in days past.

Might I add, you also seem to have a weird definition for what HTML is supposed to be. HTML (and CSS) have always been, from the start, not just about how the author wants things presented, but (most importantly) how the user agents lay things out. You insist on applying a print magazine mindset to a technology that you pretend to understand but really don't. That's why you have become the laughingstock and joke butt of Web-savvy users and developers.

Therefore, I humbly submit my opinion that you are a kooky authoritarian incapable of logical reasoning. That's just my opinion, but it seems to fit the evidence you've kindly laid out for the world to see.

By the way, you should also block Konqueror. On my Linux distribution, it shipped with the Ad Block plugin enabled by default.

Keep blocking Firefoxers. You'll do the world a big favor by preventing innocent people from falling in your unknowledge tar pit.

It may be futile...

...to argue with a moron. But it's most certainly not futile to state the truth, in the face of blatant lies and ignorant untruths. Otherwise, truths left unsaid will be forgotten.