> To say that something has changed radically in 50 years isn't to say
> it's gone, you know.
But then, how much does a thing have to change before it's a different thing?
Racism -- the American equivalent of Theseus' ship. Every board has been replaced, but it's still the same ship.
-- mjs at smithbowen.net http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org
Unexpected Bedfellows dept. :
L'athéisme est immoral et aristocratique; l'idée de l'être suprême, et de l'immortalité de l'âme, est un rappel continuel à la justice; elle est donc sociale et républicaine.
-- Robespierre, contra Dawkins et epigg.