Richard Dawkins Mistakenly Rails Against Blocked Website

Move over honey pot, because steaming down the track was a new locomotion of a commotion for Richard Dawkins:

https://twitter.com/richarddawkins/status/525988792982044673

If you read his screen grab, the answer presents itself – to prevent a few users slowing down the internet watching videos, streaming is blocked. Needless to say, there were too many good puns to be had to just point that out …

@RichardDawkins they clearly disagreed with your train of thought, and want to deny you a platform.

— John Sargeant (@JPSargeant78) October 25, 2014

@JPSargeant78 @RichardDawkins mind the gap between their video restrictions and website

— A McDonagh (@andmcdonagh) October 25, 2014

@JPSargeant78 @RichardDawkins end of the line of free streaming videos?

— A McDonagh (@andmcdonagh) October 25, 2014

@JPSargeant78 @RichardDawkins stop making jokes about people above your station.

— Stuart Paynter (@hitchisntmygod) October 25, 2014

@JPSargeant78 @RichardDawkins Maybe they think God Delusion has run out of steam and gone off the rails. But I think they've just lost track

— YellowFireSalamander (@TallDaveSE11) October 25, 2014

Free thought does require you train yourself to read the small print. Not just for religious terms and conditions.

So “The God Delusion” lecture was not being blocked after all … this would never have happened, rationally, on a replacement bus service as above.

Update:

Incidentally, here is the lecture Dawkins was looking for:

Update:

Dawkins apologises:

My apologies to Cross Country Rail. They restrict access to YouTube for sensiblr bandwidth reason. Must curb my tendency to paranoia!

— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) October 25, 2014

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