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To: Senator Bedfellow
They are exactly the point - you claim that these stickers call for an examination of some presumed inadequacies in the theory, and yet when questioned about said inadequacies, suddenly there's the sound of crickets.

Actually, that's not what I said, but it's immaterial in any case. The point is that there is debate about evolution, as there ought to be, as there ought to be debate about everything that's not religious dogma.

I, in turn, presume that these supposed inadequacies are merely a fig leaf to cloud some deeper purpose behind the stickers.

Hey, feel free to presume all you want. It's a free country. I certainly wouldn't be so mind-bogglingly foolish as to claim that it's unconstitutional for you to express your opinion.

Feel free to disabuse me by citing one or two difficulties, however.

I already have. Again, not that it matters to the question of whether the stickers are unconstitutional.

127 posted on 12/14/2005 8:18:42 PM PST by Politicalities (http://www.politicalities.com)
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To: Politicalities
They are exactly the point - you claim that these stickers call for an examination of some presumed inadequacies in the theory...

Actually, that's not what I said, but it's immaterial in any case.

Your handle is on post 59 - did you have someone else typing for you when you said "My point, which I trust I made, is that there are legitimate criticisms of evolution, and that it should be examined critically... which is exactly what these stickers call for"?

The point is that there is debate about evolution, as there ought to be, as there ought to be debate about everything that's not religious dogma.

There's debate about lots of things, and yet it's only this one thing that seems to be singled out for special treatment. I have a theory of my own, but why do you think that is?

It's a free country. I certainly wouldn't be so mind-bogglingly foolish as to claim that it's unconstitutional for you to express your opinion.

Glad to hear it. I wouldn't claim that about you either. Unless, of course, you were an agent of the government, in which case, some of your pronouncements made in an official capacity might very well run afoul of the Constitution.

Figuring out how the previous statement might apply to the Cobb County school board is left as an exercise for the reader.

I already have.

Not that I've seen - perhaps you'll be so good as to direct me to them.

Again, not that it matters to the question of whether the stickers are unconstitutional.

The First Amendment covers silly falsehoods as well as truthful statements. On the other hand, selling silly falsehoods is likely to be rather more difficult as a political matter. I'd sure hate to see you in a jam like that, so perhaps you should consider whether your heretofore-unspecified difficulties are really what you think they are.

140 posted on 12/14/2005 9:19:56 PM PST by Senator Bedfellow
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