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Well Pat Robertson university

Richard Day — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:57:40 +0000

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Well Pat Robertson university for sure!

Ringo had one heck of a film

Richard Day — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:37:04 +0000

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Ringo had one heck of a film career. ha

I did not mean to indicate

Verified Atheist — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:36:49 +0000

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I did not mean to indicate that I find these laws harmless (I do not), but rather that they are unnecessary, if all that is intended is what has been stated.

Because of a fear of the results you allude to, I'm ever bit as concerned by this turn of events as you. For one thing, dumbing down our populace just leads to more Republicans getting elected! :P

It is funny you know. Up here

Richard Day — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:33:35 +0000

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It is funny you know. Up here a long line at the bank is two folks getting antsy. hahaha

You get your license renewed there might be one person in front of you. hahaha

Great cartoon!

There is much truth to your

Richard Day — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:31:32 +0000

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There is much truth to your perspective.

I understand it.

But you wait and see the results of these types of laws once they are enacted--and some will be enacted.

There will be individual civil suits; there will be claims that students are victims of discrimination; there will be teachers who will be fired, there will be text books (in fact there are text books) that contain fairy tales and falsehoods...

Different perspectives have always been allowed with regard to critiques of prose and poetry. There are great debates over historical events.

But there are enemies of the truth out there; there are legislators who will not accept the most basic renderings of historical events and who will not accept findings with regard to the speed of light or carbon dating techniques or ...

There are millions in this nation who are more interested in the Rock of Ages rather than the age of rocks!

That is all fine and dandy.

I would rather these people not be in charge of the education of our children!

Just to be clear, I've never

Verified Atheist — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:30:57 +0000

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Just to be clear, I've never met a teacher who penalized you for what you believed, rather than for what answer you provide to a question. Most students understand that implied behind most questions* is the understanding that the teacher is looking for the generally accepted answer, and not the answerer's particular view-point. I'd developed an alternative theory to the standard general relativistic approach prior to taking an advanced general relativity class, but knew enough to answer questions based on the generally accepted science.

*Note: of course, I'm talking about real fields of educational endeavor such as math, sciences, and engineering disciplines. Liberal arts are a whole other ball of wax where teachers actually want you to make up answers!