1. June 21, 2003 -- Richard Dawkins writes a Guardian op-ed arguing that atheists should adopt the self-flattering term "brights" for themselves.
2. July 12, 2003 -- Daniel Dennett writes a much-noticed NY Times op-ed arguing that atheists should adopt the self-flattering "brights" for themselves.
3. What this sequence of events inevitably, if perhaps a bit unfairly, brings to mind -- Stephen Jay Gould's (in)famous dismissal of Dennett as "Dawkins's lapdog."
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