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  Wow! Nobel Winner Says Blacks Less Intelligent

  by Justitia Themis in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2007/tech/science/10/18/science.race/index.html.

  a british museum has canceled a lecture by dr. james watson, co-discoverer of the dna double helix, after he claimed black people are less intelligent than whites in a recent newspaper interview.. watson, who won the 1962 nobel prize for his part in discovering the structure of dna, provoked a storm of criticism after his comments were published in the sunday times.. the eminent biologist told the british newspaper he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours -- whereas all the testing says not really.".

  watson, 79, had been due to give a lecture at london's science museum on friday but the museum canceled his appearance, saying his comments had "gone beyond the point of acceptable debate.".

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  Happy Harvester

  Did I see someone allude to an online book discussion?
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  Free Speech/Nathan

  by Guest with Questions in

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  i started this on another thread so a lot of it is in response to nathan's.. there is still free speech, even for christians.

  a lot of people would like to take free speech away from christians; that we keep our mouths shut.

  as americans, what do you think of the fairness doctrine that henry waxman wants to revive?

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  Happy Harvester

  Oh yeah. Peace out and love.
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  Free Speech/Nathan

  by Guest with Questions in

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  i started this on another thread so a lot of it is in response to nathan's.. there is still free speech, even for christians.

  a lot of people would like to take free speech away from christians; that we keep our mouths shut.

  as americans, what do you think of the fairness doctrine that henry waxman wants to revive?

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  Happy Harvester

  our belief is still a personal choice we make. And no matter which one it is, should be respected by others.

  I feel sure this is an irrational precept.

  Why should we respect that which has not been shown to be rational?

  Just so you don't think I'm picking on xtianity, quite a few fundamentalists of a certain faith other than Xtianity believe that blowing up the twin towers was an act of god's will.

  Just because jihad (Islamic or Christian) is a religious concept and some people personally agreed with it as personal religious belief, doesn't mean I need to respect it.

  Just because the bible says such and such, doesn't mean I need to respect it.

  The bible and many other religious scriptures contain enormously conflicting, violent, racist, sexist, and just-plain-silly laws, ideas, stories and concepts.

  Just because some bearded, OCD, temporal-lobe disordered, so-called holy man wrote it down during a time when most people could not read or write, believing writing was some kind of magic - and declared it religion - doesn't mean I should respect it.

  As far as I am concerned, that's what scripture is - inspired of superstion, ignorance, brainwashing and social control - NOT of any creator - other than humans.

  If such strident rationality is offensive, I stand by my offensiveness.
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  Free Speech/Nathan

  by Guest with Questions in

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  i started this on another thread so a lot of it is in response to nathan's.. there is still free speech, even for christians.

  a lot of people would like to take free speech away from christians; that we keep our mouths shut.

  as americans, what do you think of the fairness doctrine that henry waxman wants to revive?

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  Happy Harvester

  Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

  In the case of fanatics and fundamentalists, absence does make the heart grow fonder.
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  Across the Universe

  by bikerchic in

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  awesome movie i loved it.

  i saw it with a 27 year old and a 35 year old and they were awestruck!

  there are a lot of subtleties in it.

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  Happy Harvester

  Sounds great! My daughter and I adore the Beatles, although I don't usually go in for musicals. I will check it out! Thanks for bringing this up.
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  Dumbledore is gay.

  by Priest73 in

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  didn't see this one coming...

  http://www.cnn.com/2007/showbiz/books/10/20/harry.potter.ap/index.html

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  Happy Harvester

  Fascinating, actually.

  I like the way that she has made her books a "prolonged argument for tolerance."

  How brilliantly subversive!

  Now I don't wonder as much why her fan base includes such a diverse age group.
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  SO MUCH FOR PREVIOUS TRADITIONAL MORALS

  by REBORNAGAIN in

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  the city of philadelphia has decided to punish the boy scouts of america because it will not allow homosexuals to serve as scout leaders.

  city officials said they will charge the cradle of liberty scouts council $200,000 a year to use the city-owned headquarters.

  the council was paying $1 per year (since 1928).

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  Happy Harvester

  J-O,

  I believe there have been a few good studies on gay parenting that might illuminate the issue for you.

  What I recall is that many kids of homosexual parents turn out to be better adjusted than most kids from straight families; and that there is little if any role confusion resulting from healthy, loving partnerships like this - either gay or lesbian.

  Inappropriately exposing kids to any sexual behavior, though, is surely damaging, whether the sex is hetero- or homo- or bi-. Kids ususally don't confuse sex with affection unless their parents are really screwed up or someone is abusing them.
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  SO MUCH FOR PREVIOUS TRADITIONAL MORALS

  by REBORNAGAIN in

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  the city of philadelphia has decided to punish the boy scouts of america because it will not allow homosexuals to serve as scout leaders.

  city officials said they will charge the cradle of liberty scouts council $200,000 a year to use the city-owned headquarters.

  the council was paying $1 per year (since 1928).

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  Happy Harvester

  Good for the city of brotherly love! Long live scouting - for girls and boys and gays!
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  Wow, it just clicked. I'm agnostic!

  by marmot in

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  i honestly don't think i've ever been this happy in my life.

  of course, i've got bipolar ii so i might just be edging on a bout of hypomania but i'm good at taking my med so this could very well be genuine!

  i'm so excited at the new look on life this has given me.

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  Happy Harvester

  Congratulations! Welcome to the fold!
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  David Letterman top 10

  by is there help out there in

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  if david letterman would have a top 10 for jw what do you think they would be.

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  Happy Harvester

  #1: Avoid the debts and expenses of holiday giving. Also, miss out on all the fun.