The average frenchman goes through two bars of soap per year...

Not that that really has anything to do with this post.

When I was doing my undergraduate courses, one of the assignments we had dealt with researching the effectiveness of antibacterial soap. Basically, we had to determine whether or not antibacterial soap was any better than regular soap.
If you do any searches online for antibacterial soap, you're going to find that the majority of sites that praise it are soap making companies. The common thread among other sites, such as here and here, is that it is either no more beneficial or even harmful. Let's see what we have:

First, howstuffworks.com explains how soap works. You'll note, if you click on the link, that regular soap washes away bacteria (among other things) on the hands. This would suggest that killing the bacteria is unnecessary.

Second, in order for antibacterial soap to actually have any real effect, it has to be on the skin for at least two minutes. Most people don't have that kind of patience.

Third, it only works on bacteria. It has no effect on any viruses.

Fourth, it's antibiotics. I don't know about y'all, but I tend to try to avoid taking antibiotics when I'm not ill.

Fifth, it might create superbacteria, that is immune to antibacterial things. I'm sure we've all heard of resistant strains of things. It's no stretch to believe that the bacteria that doesn't die when in contact with Antibacterial soap and thus procreates, can produce many more bacteria that are immune.

Sixth, For those of you with septic tanks, The soap residue flushes into the tanks, which rely on bacteria to break down the waste. This means that you are effectively killing what you need to make your tank work. Bad things afoot there.

I don't know that antibacterial soaps are actually bad. I certainly don't think they are good, or any better than regular soap. And I think I'm going to try to avoid them whenever possible.