[Dutch Boy]

I have some old encyclopedias from the 1930's. There is a chapter about eugenics. It is amazing that they thought this to be such a "humane" thing to do. Forced sterilization of undesirables was deemed as progress. BTW the undesirables were basically anyone not them, ala HItler's Germany. Old encyclopedias are a great way to get a snapshot into the period.

If I remember correctly, Vermont was the last state to remove its eugenic laws and that was in the 1970's.

[budlt2369]

My encyclopedias say that Darwin was not a Darwinist, his sons and cousin Sir Francis Galton promoted eugenics. It also says he never wrote "survival of the fittest". People who write encyclopedias are morons.