[CraigS]

Ahhh … you are talking about religious fundamentalism! (And what I'd call fairly extreme fundamentalism, at that).

Sorry !… I missed that ! I didn't quite understand your use of the term 'fundie'!

Sure .. there are always extremes in any human society … I notice its a relative term, also.

As a corollary, you're also saying that Science has no extreme fundamentalists.

Hmm .. none seem to come to mind .. I'll have to ponder that one for a while.

Dawkins seems to hover dangerously closely to that sometimes, at least, so it seems. (And, as you have pointed out, that is probably due to manipulation of his image by the media, to promote ratings and to provoke controversy).

Cheers