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To: Stultis
Yet you want students in high school, or maybe even earlier, to be presented with "ALL" the evidence? In one (or a few) years, in one class (that has to cover many other things as well)?!

Pole-vaulting over mouse tirds now are we? I didn't mean "ALL" in the literal sense. I meant a review of the basic tenets of course. My central point remains. What are you, some sort of pedantic coxcomb?

326 posted on 10/08/2005 12:11:23 PM PDT by SmartCitizen
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To: SmartCitizen; Ichneumon
Pole-vaulting over mouse tirds now are we? I didn't mean "ALL" in the literal sense. I meant a review of the basic tenets of course. My central point remains. What are you, some sort of pedantic coxcomb?

Thanks for the clarification. I do often indulge in pedantry, but I hope you'll forgive me in this case. You did contribute to the confusion by capitalizing "ALL," which normally suggests something like, "I really, really mean what I'm saying with this word." I did consider it unlikely that you really meant that, except you responded to Ichneumon's quite explicit presentation on its absurdity without indicating in any way that you really meant "the basic tenets". All you said was:

They are not presented with all of the evidence for evolution now, so this is a poor argument.

Which at best was ambiguous, but could be easily taken as "they're not now, but they should be."

Ooops. Checking the thread before I post and noticed you've left in a huff. And just when were getting some issues clarified. Well, get over yourself and enjoy the weekend!

342 posted on 10/08/2005 12:51:20 PM PDT by Stultis
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