Expelled!
By PZ Myers
Posted March 21, 2008

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?

http://www.talkreason.org/articles/expelled.cfm

And a bunch of Young-Earth Creationists, go into a museum, and do nothing
but slam real science.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUeoem1gR3s&eurl=

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