Comments on: Sigh. http://meccanized.com/sigh/ A collection of tiny thoughts from Lindsay Mecca Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sanjay http://meccanized.com/sigh/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Sanjay Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:33:29 +0000 http://meccanized.com/?p=53#comment-20 Lindsay, how can you be so closed-minded? What you forget is that this fruit-fly "research" depends entirely on some pretty wild assumptions like "genetics" and "evolution" that a lot of Americans don't share. Take this quote from an 2002 interview with Palin (http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/29/palin-issues-2002-alaska-gubernatorial-race/): Q: The education section of the Republican Party of Alaska’s platform states “We support giving Creation Science equal representation with other theories of the origin of life. If evolution is taught, it should be presented as only a theory.” Do you support this position? Why? A: I support this plank in the Republican Party’s platform. I believe society can have healthy debates on scientific theories, so equal representation of creation and evolution shouldn’t be an offense. Who can argue with encouraging healthy debate? On that note, it's about time that we rescue our kids from the strangehold of "Round Earth" politics. Some of history's greatest figures thought the Earth was flat, and there's no reason our kids shouldn't be taught that theory alongside the "theory" of a "round Earth". If we allow our kids to engage in healthy debate, I am sure they will look at on the wide, FLAT ocean and make the right choice. Flat-Earthians Unite! Lindsay, how can you be so closed-minded? What you forget is that this fruit-fly “research” depends entirely on some pretty wild assumptions like “genetics” and “evolution” that a lot of Americans don’t share.

Take this quote from an 2002 interview with Palin (http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/29/palin-issues-2002-alaska-gubernatorial-race/):

Q: The education section of the Republican Party of Alaska’s platform states “We support giving Creation Science equal representation with other theories of the origin of life. If evolution is taught, it should be presented as only a theory.” Do you support this position? Why?

A: I support this plank in the Republican Party’s platform. I believe society can have healthy debates on scientific theories, so equal representation of creation and evolution shouldn’t be an offense.

Who can argue with encouraging healthy debate? On that note, it’s about time that we rescue our kids from the strangehold of “Round Earth” politics. Some of history’s greatest figures thought the Earth was flat, and there’s no reason our kids shouldn’t be taught that theory alongside the “theory” of a “round Earth”. If we allow our kids to engage in healthy debate, I am sure they will look at on the wide, FLAT ocean and make the right choice. Flat-Earthians Unite!

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