Yes, please, I'm begging you. Dawkins has made himself the WORST person to be advocating evolution because he's turned it from a rational scientific argument into the moron-capades by arguing about the existence of god.
To put it simply, he's trying to get his finger out of a Chinese-finger-trap by pulling, which makes him a moron because every 5-year old will tell you to give up and push your fingers together because its... you guessed it... POINTLESS, just like arguing about an unresolvable argument like whether god does or doesn't exist.
Does a tree falling in the forest make a noise? Yes, it's called science lets invite Dawkins to talk about it again.
Why shouldn't a doctor treat themselves? Because it's very hard to do open heart surgery on yourself!
Edit: > Should we forbid programmers from advocating software patent reform because "it's a topic they are deeply attached to"?
I thought the conventional wisdom with copyright reform was that the MPAA, RIAA, etc. should be forbidden from advocating because "it's a topic they are deeply attached to" ... you know all those hundred-dollar bills don't roll themselves up into big fat wads and slip into Congressmen's pockets for nothing.