The kind of public service you have done is like taking cigarettes away from a person with an irreparable brain tumour.

Surely......... taking sweeties away from toddlers, would be more accurate.

Actually, the best simile is that of the big brother or sister who lets junior know that Santa Claus doesn't exist, just a little while before he's ready to take it...........shit, what a bastard.

Knock off the slimy hate club/apostate subtext too. You might advise your academic experts that they'll end up getting screwed by the lotus & his rotten reputation, if they continue to allow themselves to be manipulated by his creepy PR programme.