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dvandom ([personal profile] dvandom) wrote2005-12-06 09:34 am
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Sigh.

http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=4206307&nav=F2DO

In short: the professor who was going to teach that "creationism as mythology" course at Kansas University got beaten by a couple of thugs last night. The story I linked doesn't mention it, but a radio version I heard said they broke some of his teeth.
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[identity profile] sigma7.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
Sweet holy God.

So apparently simple character assassination is too subtle now?

[identity profile] z4nd4r.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
A beat down by some good Christian boys.... Who'da thunk it?

[identity profile] jarodrussell.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
It's ironic that the Christian jihad has started using Darwin's "survival of the fittest" theory to get their message across.

[identity profile] dvandom.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Catholics have always been about outbreeding the opposition. :)

[identity profile] j-anderson123.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That "Jesus is love" and "God loves you" crap loses more and more meaning each day... why do they even bother to put printed pages in the Bibles they sell? Not like people seem to be reading them.

[identity profile] z-gryphon.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Unsurprising. The man did everything but lean out his office window and say in a loud voice, "Gee, I hope no angry rednecks beat me senseless!"

I mean, cripes, pal. The whole "slap in their big fat face" thing - did they not cover "basic tact" when you were in the first grade? Sure, it would've been, but we highly evolved life forms usually know better than to poop where we eat.

So, I dunno. My sympathy level's not as high as it could be. Subject matter aside, he was an ass and somebody took him behind the woodshed for it. I'm indignant, but I'd be a lot more indignant if he hadn't gone out of his way to be offensive about his cause in the first place.

[identity profile] dvandom.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, he strikes me as painfully naive about the way the world works. Assuming that everyone on a mailing list is in favor of its topic, stopping to confront tailgaters somewhere other than a public place, etc. Heck, he's LUCKY it was just some rednecks who wanted to beat him up. Coulda been carjackers looking to kill him and take his car. Or they coulda said "You sure do have a purdy mouth..."
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