[118736] in Cypherpunks
[OT] Now it's Kentucky! (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Secret Squirrel)
Wed Oct 6 22:31:48 1999
Date: 7 Oct 1999 02:14:25 -0000
From: Secret Squirrel <secret_squirrel@nym.alias.net>
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To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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From: James Randi --- Wizard <JREFInfo@ssr.com>
To: broadcast-JREFInfo@ssr.com
Subject: Now it's Kentucky!
Just heard via the radio that the State of Kentucky has decided to
remove that nasty word, "evolution" from school text-books. It seems
to be too much of a "target" word for criticism from Bible-thumpers.
They want to substitute "change over time" for the no-no word.
I have a suggestion: let's remove the word, "Kentucky" from the
geography and history texts, and substitute "Oz." Besides, "Oz-Fried
Chicken" sounds -- and tastes -- just as good, I suspect.
What a farce. Do the legislators of Kentucky actually believe that
the creationists don't know that "to evolve" = "to change over time"?
Hmmm. Maybe the legislators are right. I withdraw that question.
Randi
