I encourage people to read the background and context for all this. People are commenting on this (here and elsewhere without benefit of all the context). I think it started with Rebecca Watson saying simply "hey guys, don't do this, it is kind of creepy". It has escalated from there. This has really gone viral in the skeptic blogosphere.
Rebecca and Dawkins are both featured guests at the upcoming Amazing Meeting (TAM) in Las Vegas. Should be extra interesting. They have both continued to comment on this subject.
http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/...g-meeting.html