All right then, for the record: It's his money to spend as he pleases, although I'd be surprised if this particular message influenced more than a handful of people in any meaningful way.
> All right then, for the record: It’s his money to spend
> as he pleases...
If I read the stories rightly, Dawkins offered to match up to 5000 pounds if the atheist newspaper writer could drum up that much in donations. Her donation page wound up going over 100,000 pounds, so Dawkins isn’t paying for most of it.