Re: Social Darwinism; was: So Long Judge Moore, We'll Miss You

ambrose searle wrote:
> AC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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>>On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:51:22 +0000 (UTC), 
>>ambrose searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>Dick C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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>>>>ambrose searle wrote in talk.origins
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>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (maff) wrote in message news:
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>>>>>>But Bible Belt fundamentalists, Confederates and the Klan didn't
>>>>>>beleive in Darwin or evolution. THey wre murdering and torturing
>>>>>>people even before Darwin.
>>>>>
>>>>>So what? How does that change the fact that Darwin was also a racist?
>>>>
>>>>How racist was he, especially when compared to others of his society?
>>>>Why condemn someone's thinking when it reflected the then current societal
>>>>attidudes?
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>>>His racism wasn't simply a matter of imbibing current political
>>>values... it was, according to him, A BYPRODUCT OF HIS SCIENTIFIC
>>>THEORY.
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>>If this is what he felt, then he was wrong. 
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> 
> I invite all readers to decide for yourself:


Have you gone completely insane? Or were you just born with your brain 
in your ass?