Reply #67: Sam Harris is pro-torture and he does advocate a possible nuclear first strike against the Islamic

[Douglas Carpenter]

world. His clarification only confirms that this is his position even though he claims to not like it and considers it an "unconscionable act of self-defense" but still adds "it may be the only course of action available to us, given what Islamists believe". To argue that this is not his position is to refuse to comprehend what he is actually saying and to refuse to understand his "clarification".

I doubt that any of us would have any major problem with Sam Harris if his positions were not so extreme and so bigoted. Richard Dawkins is also considered one of the "new atheist". But I don't have any particular problem with him even if I might disagree with him on some major philosophic points. For one thing Professor Dawkins does not promote blind hatred and bigotry like Sam Harris. And for another thing Dr. Dawkins does not advocate torture like Sam Harris, nor does he a argue for a possible nuclear first strike like Sam Harris does.