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Re:
It's well known that Darwin's Origin of
Species evolved from an irredeemably racist presupposition by
Darwin.
The original full title of the work is On the
Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of
Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Now, that's one title you won't learn about
in our government schools! :)
Dale
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Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:12
PM
Dear visionaries,
In response to Melynda's post, two
thoughts.
How about this? Would it be appropriate for a government
school to teach that one form of early Darwinism taught that blacks were one
of the intermediate steps between primates and full humans? Of course I don't
think that -- all of us are descended from Adam and Eve. But I am curious --
if we all evolved out of the primordial goo, then was the process of natural
selection obligated to observe the strictures of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Any biological reason why every branch of the humanoid fauna has to
progress at exactly the same rate? What I am trying to get up the nerve to ask
(given the Chinese fire drill earlier about coming out in the classroom) is
this: is there any scientific reason anyone can give me to show that
Darwinism is not necessarily, irredeemably racist?
And in response to
the invitation, "knock yourself out," I appreciate that very much. Just what
we have been doing, and it is taking its toll. In part it works so well
because tax-funded schools can't really understand how competition
works.
P.S. is my use of "Chinese fire drill" illegal yet? If so, I
repent in dust and ashes, and promise to report to my Purity of Thought
Council meeting first thing.
Keeping the fun in
fundamentalist,
Douglas Wilson
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