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Goodness. It's that pale-skinned Radley boy, and out in the daylight, no less.
guys...take a look at this bit from the New Yorker. It is funny.
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=60699&start=180
Hi Bernie-
How's it going.You ain't scared of a crew of IDers in some remote backswood is you?
hi spendie
No. Just been a bit heartsick lately (women or god are causal, it's uncertain). Thought I'd toss in a few words on the matter from my buddy Noam...
Quote:President George W. Bush favours teaching both evolution and "Intelligent Design" in schools, "so people can know what the debate is about." To proponents, Intelligent Design is the notion that the universe is too complex to have developed without a nudge from a higher power than evolution or natural selection.
To detractors, Intelligent Design is creationism --the literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis-- in a thin guise, or simply vacuous, about as interesting as "I don't understand," as has always been true in the sciences before understanding is reached. Accordingly, there cannot be a "debate."
In the interest of fairness, perhaps the president's speechwriters should take him seriously when they have him say that schools should be open-minded and teach all points of view. So far, however, the curriculum has not encompassed one obvious point of view: Malignant Design.
ps... I'll see you later over on george's Hofstadter thread. He's got a bit of it wrong but I'm terribly pleased he has that book in his library now.
All eight of the idiots gone. An appropriate consequence.
There are many more idiots in the wings.
And some of them have wings too.
well, its a good first step. My appreciation for the people of Dover has risen by orders of magnitude.
farmerman wrote:well, its a good first step. My appreciation for the people of Dover has risen by orders of magnitude.
Meanwhile the people of Kansas are going the other way. It's chaos I tell ya, cats and dogs living together, fire and brimstone.... end of the world type stuff.
rosborne,
An important thing to note about Kansas: the new state science standards do not take effect until 2007. Kansas will have an election for new board members in 2006. It is very possible that the new state science policy will be reversed before it goes into effect.
Thanks for the link, crashlanded! Here is a summary:
Quote:All eight members of the Pennsylvania school board that introduced intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in biology class were swept out of office.
Silly me--i thought i might be the first here with the news when i looked into this thread at 7:30 (EST). For whoever announces it, it is good news about the good sense of the voters in Dover.
According to the brief reports on our news the cause is the usual mid-term blues associated with the national leadership.
And an item on a chat radio programme today said that it was illegal in Pa for a wife to sweep dust under the carpet without informing her husband.They may have said "partner" but it definitely wasn't "furniture" which is the word used in that nightmare SD scenario of Soylent Green for the female who provides domestic services.
When SD sweeps to power no doubt more laughs will be forthcoming.
spendius wrote:According to the brief reports on our news the cause is the usual mid-term blues associated with the national leadership.
And an item on a chat radio programme today said that it was illegal in Pa for a wife to sweep dust under the carpet without informing her husband.They may have said "partner" but it definitely wasn't "furniture" which is the word used in that nightmare SD scenario of Soylent Green for the female who provides domestic services.
When SD sweeps to power no doubt more laughs will be forthcoming.
[SARCASM] A powerful argument! [END SARCASM]
