>Katha Pollit in her column in the last issue of the Nation argues that the
>fundies are actually doing a service by reducing the supply of professional
>jobs and thus reducing competition. She does have a point. The more US
>morons studies bible verses and kindred hogwash instead of science the
>better the chance for everyone else toland on good professional jobs. And
>it does not matter that much what hogwash people who sweep the streets or
>pump gas belive in. So go ahead, Christian coalition and fellow travelers,
>get rid of science classes from your schools and instill obedience to the
>superiors - there is always the need for cheap unskilled and docile labor.
Woj, what an uncharacteristically individualist analysis! What does the concentration by so many on Bible-thumpery do to the rest of us? Aren't we all made, as Adorno said of going to the movies, stupider and worse?
Doug