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Subject: Re: I get it! It's all a joke!
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:41:51 +0000 (UTC)
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"Uncle Davey" <noway@jose.com> wrote in message
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> "John Baker" <nunya@bizniz.net> wrote in message
> news:utsQb.51430$f97.40988@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> >
> > "stew dean" <stewart@webslave.dircon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:2b68957a.0401240202.44256c18@posting.google.com...
> > > "John Baker" <nunya@bizniz.net> wrote in message
> > news:<b7kQb.26899$DE.14548@fe2.columbus.rr.com>...
> > > > "John Wilkins" <john.wilkins@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1g82ad2.1w7vskq13xr33nN%john.wilkins@bigpond.com...
> > > > > Lab Rat <lab_rat78@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > You guys crack me up. I've successfully wasted a whole week of
> work
> > > > > > reading these pages, and boy do I know alot more now than I did
> > > > > > before. Thanks for the excellent biology references and lots of
> > food
> > > > > > for thought. And some excellent black science humour that I
could
> > > > > > share with my colleagues: we laughed like drains reading the
> > > > > > calculations about how to fit everything on the Ark. We roared
at
> > the
> > > > > > "Darwin married his cousin so evolution is wrong" debate.
> > Absolutely
> > > > > > hysterical. If nothing else, the Creationists have put back the
> > > > > > progress of science by at least 3 days, as I have been unable to
> get
> > > > > > on with things in the lab.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Don't you think this joke's gone far enough? Can't we all get
back
> > to
> > > > > > work?
> > > > > > But why does everyone put so much effort into it? I mean, the
> > > > > > Creationists must be joking, right? Right???
> > > > >
> > > > > IN Australia, it's a joke. In Britain it's a joke. IN Europe in
> > general,
> > > > > it's a bad joke.
> > > > >
> > > > > In North America, it's a serious worry.
> > >
> > > I'd add countries like India, China and Japan to the list of countries
> > > it's a joke.
> > >
> > > > Yes, because in North America there are enough creationist idiots
that
> > if
> > > > they ever managed to gain sufficient political clout, we could all
be
> in
> > > > deep doo-doo.
> > >
> > > From an outsiders point of view I'd say the doo-doo level has risen
> > > quite a lot over the last five years.
> >
> > From an insider's point of view, I think you may well be right.
> >
> > > I do have faith in the people of
> > > america even if I don't trust those who are currently in power.
> >
> > Yes, GWB is quite a piece of work, isn't he? :-( But we as a nation
have
> > weathered some rough storms in the past. With a little luck, we'll
survive
> > both Dubya and the Fundy Crisis too. <G>
> >
>
> I hate to spoil the party, but our right - wing religious backlash hath
only
> just begun.
<shrug> Then I guess we'll just have to beat our plowshares into swords and
send you packing. <G>
>
> Uncle Davey
> www.usenetposts.com
>
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