Comments on: The Fight for Creationism in the Classroom can be Costly https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Kevin W. Parker https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550472 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:29:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550472 The School Board should sue their attorneys for the fees.

As I recall, the School Board’s legal advisor told them they needed to back off, and the Board refused. The creationists on the Board (who were all voted out at the election after the trial) have no one to blame but themselves.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550471 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:58:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550471 Indeed, they are! And in Jail they should Rot!

]]> By: Elf Eye https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550470 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:54:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550470 Perjurers.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550469 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:30:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550469 Justice will not be done until the purgerers are put in jail.
(I don’t think “purgerers” is spelled right, but my spell checker only gives me Limburgers, beefburgers, and spurges).

Throw the beefburgers in jail, I say!

]]> By: Spanish Inquisitor https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550468 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:48:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550468 One million bucks is fair, considering that before they filed and litigated, they simply asked the school board to desist from the policy. They refused.

The School Board should sue their attorneys for the fees.

]]> By: Ex-drone https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550467 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:32:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550467

“The smallest measure of accountability is for the former board members to make a formal public apology to the community of Dover,” Eveland said. “What a better way to set an example for the children of Dover by showing accountability for your actions.” … [Heather Geesey] said Eveland’s request for an apology was “rude”

Ergo, setting a good example for children is rude. With minds like that, how did the previous school board go so wrong.

]]> By: mark https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550466 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:12:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550466 OR, you can accept gratis the assistance of a crack legal team that will be your sword and shield, with victory assured. Whoops! They didn’t say they would pay plaintiff’s legal costs!

]]> By: deang https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550465 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:34:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/14/the-fight-for-creationism-in-t/#comment-550465 There’s a belief among US right-wingers, and thus among most of the US population, that there’s an epidemic of people suing for frivolous reasons: coffee being too hot, someone accidentally brushing against you on a sidewalk, etc. The reality of the American situation is well illustrated by this post. It is too expensive for there to be the sort of suing epidemic that US right-wingers claim. To get even a semblance of justice (and it’s almost always just a semblance) in the US, you have to be wealthy, or be prepared to be penniless and in debt for the rest of your life. If you’re wealthy, however, you can insure that you get your way in the courts, and you can even continue vengefully suing the other party to bankrupt them. Greatest nation on earth, indeed.

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