On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 01:18 PM, Daniel Davies wrote:
> Justin wrote, in re: the Scopes Monkey trial
>
>>> but too common to make one
>>> qualify as a crank, unless we have 40 million cranks
>>> in the country.
>
> I don't know how to put this politely, but ...
>
> It always cracks me up that being in favour of the teaching of the
> Theory
> of Evolution is a "left-wing" political view in America. Lots of
> libertarians dredge it up in order to show that they are different from
> "conservatives".
>
>
indeed, and if you oppose the teaching of "creation science" or biblical literalism's more recent repackaging, "intelligent design", you are a dishonest pseudo-intellectual. i would laugh if it didn't make me want to cry.
j