[AntiGuv]

This is a flat out lie on its face. The concept of 'lower races' had existed since time immemorial and justified such things as slavery. It did not require Darwinism. The concepts of 'eugenics' & 'natural selection' had existed since time immemorial and justified anything from infanticide to concepts of miscegenation. They did not require Darwinism. Most of humanity had been intuitive enough to figure such things out even before Darwin put them into scientific application and Mendel established their rudimentary operation. Of course, history has also been replete with those ignorants who cannot accept the obvious even when it's slapping them upside the head.

[gore3000]

This is a flat out lie on its face. The concept of 'lower races' had existed since time immemorial and justified such things as slavery. It did not require Darwinism.

Darwin popularized all the theories I mentioned, he made them respectable. He gave them the 'scientific' seal of approval. Yes, he is responsible for these ideas - and their results - whether you like it or not.

[Junior]

Indeed, one could claim the Spartans created the concepts of Eugenics and Master Race more than 2300 years ago. Spartan children deemed inferior were "exposed" so their blood would not weaken the Spartan race. Unfortunately, to a small fundamentalist cabal on these threads eugenics is a completely 20th-century, Darwinian-based philosophy. To me such beliefs are indicative of the depth of their educations.