We uppity obnoxious "New Atheists" often get called "militant" or "rabid" or even "fundamentalist", and unless you're doing it as a joke, it's highly inappropriate. Real rabid radicals do things like these animal rights lunatics, who have targeted the CEO of a pharmaceutical company, setting fire to his vacation home and stealing his mother's ashes from her gravesite. Now that is unconscionable and damaging behavior.
The site also has a poll, if you've been pining away for one lately. Maybe you can express how the actions of the real militants make you feel.
Animal research:
Is necessary
43%
Should be abolished
57%
It definitely needs some correction.
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I have discussed rabies before. In Attack of the Hound of Malembi. Or, “Whose are these people, anyway?” I discussed a personal encounter with a rabid dog, which killed my cat and bit six friend.
Bats are no doubt fascinating animals. They also carry rabies. And I'll be honest with you. Rabies scares the crap out of me. Most people know that rabies is caused by a virus that is spread through the saliva of an infected animal.
Rabies themselves!
First, a recap and a time line on the Kopel/Lott/Reynolds attacks on Steve Levitt: