Comments on: Florida Yokels Force Religion on Public School Children

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:04:42 +0000

Oaf: Uffda…This is how language works, yes? If you look in the Urban Dictionary, it is not hyphenated. I think hyphens are going out of style.I never see slackjawed as one word. Slackjaw, yes, but not slackjawed.Maybe I’ll run this by the Sb editors….

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:56:07 +0000

I have no problem describing evolution as a theory, as long as the teachers then go into great detail about what status as a theory entails, and how miserably short of that standard intelligent design falls, should it be one of the thus-far unspecified “other” theories to be included. When the kids can go back to the parents and pastors who have been inciting this foolishness and tell them, “Yes, evolution is a theory. So is gravitation. What is your point?” it will go a long way towards making this particular attack too embarrassing to make in future.

By: Oaf from Appalachia

Oaf from Appalachia — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:22:39 +0000

Picking nits here, but ‘slack jawed’ is usually written solid — ‘slackjawed’ in the US, ‘slack-jawed’ in the UK.

By: Crazyharp81602

Crazyharp81602 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:05:56 +0000

The nylon bug is by far the best rebuttal ever to that lie above that claims evolution cannot be tested, repeated, and observed.

By: Tony P

Tony P — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:18:47 +0000

You don’t have to look far to see evolution in action. If you’ve ever grown a garden with more than one variety of tomatoes in it you’ll find that plants near each other will exchange genetic information to form hybrid fruits.