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From: "Uncle Davey" <jerzy.jakubowski@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Skillin' an' Dawkins
Date: 3 Mar 2007 13:15:18 -0800
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On Feb 23, 11:47 pm, "Lucifer" <wyrdol...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 3:23 pm, "UncleDavey" <jerzy.jakubow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=1&subID=853
>
> > This article is about Skilling, the Enron white collar criminal
> > inspired by Richard Dawkins' Selfish Gene, his favorite book.
>
> > I thought that the Dawkins fans on some of the groups I have posted to
> > would like to make a comment on whether they agree that Richard Dawkins
> > is co-responsible for the defrauding of so many poor investors in the
> > name of Darwinian selfish-geneism.
>
> > Best,
>
> >Davey
>
> Dawkins himself has already answered this, the short version being
> "Just because it is how it happens in nature, doesn't mean that it is
> a good model for society".
>
> As for societies based on religious ideas, try Iran.
>
> Even our largest right wing party is no further to the right than your
> largest "left" wing party.
>
Who would "ours" and "yours" be in that sentence?
I get to vote in Poland for local and European council elections and
in the UK in general elections. How weird is that?
Uncle Davey
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