Council of Europe attacks criticisms of Darwinism
IMO governments (or governmental entities) should not unnecessarily take sides in a scientific dispute. Sometimes the government cannot avoid taking sides in a scientific dispute, e.g., in a product-liability lawsuit and in deciding what action to take on greenhouse gases. Unfortunately we have seen Judge Jones unnecessarily take sides in the evolution controversy and that mistake is about to be repeated in the fundy schools' lawsuit against the Univ. of California. Now, sadly, a committee of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly has issued an official report titled, "The dangers of creationism in education". Also, unfortunately Germany attempted to ban holocaust denial and revisionism throughout the European Union -- IMO governments should also abstain from taking sides in disputes about history.
Discussions about the Council of Europe's report are on Uncommon Descent and Panda's Thumb.
Discussions about the Council of Europe's report are on Uncommon Descent and Panda's Thumb.
Labels: Evolution controversy abroad
posted by Larry Fafarman | 6/25/2007 07:53:00 AM
7 Comments:
> IMO governments (or governmental entities) should not unnecessarily take sides in a scientific dispute. <
Your wish has been granted. The dispute you complain about is a dispute between science and mythology.
> IMO governments should also abstain from taking sides in disputes about history. <
Again your wish has been granted. You are talking about a dispute between history and mythology.
Why don't you campaign for more mythology under the title "mythology"? There would be less controversy there.
>>>>>Your wish has been granted. The dispute you complain about is a dispute between science and mythology. <<<<<<
Right -- Darwinism is the mythology and the criticisms of Darwinism are the science.
>>>>> Again your wish has been granted. You are talking about a dispute between history and mythology. <<<<<
Rght again. Official holocaust history is the mythology and holocaust denial and revisionism are the true histories.
ViW has once again been hoisted by his own petard.
> ViW has once again been hoisted by his own petard. <
If you think that you just made a point, you are smoking some funny stuff.
Larry, you will have to do better than that. Don't you realize how childish this sort of thing makes you look?
>>>>> Larry, you will have to do better than that. Don't you realize how childish this sort of thing makes you look? <<<<<
Why are you blaming me? ViW started it.
> Why are you blaming me? ViW started it. <
Not really. He stated facts. You were the one who then did exactly what you are accusing others of.
An example:
> Just another example of your lack of originality, ViW. All you can do is throw my own wisecracks back at me. <
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