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OK, sure. We should not be any more worried than four years ago. However, that means we are still horrified, terrified and outraged, just as we were in 2000. Dave On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:58 PM, Breandán MacGabhann wrote: > Dear Lisa (and Palaeonetters) > > I think you're over-reacting. We are all aware of the creationist > element in the United States, but I wouldn't dismiss all the "moral > values" voters as creationist nutters. Being pro-life does not make > you a creationist. (Many pro-life voters would not vote for a > candidate who is not also pro-life, for example). As an independant > (i.e. non-American) observer, it looks like Kerry's extreme liberal > stance put off a lot of (conservative but by no means rabid > creationist) voters who may otherwise have voted Democrat. > As to the question of what we should do about creationism, that's been > a hot topic for a long time, and there's no easy anwer to be had. But > in specific terms, the recent anti-evolution initiatives in the US > have failed, and I don't think we should be any more worried now than > four years ago. > > Breandan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa Park" <lepark@uakron.edu> > To: <paleonet@nhm.ac.uk> > Subject: paleonet Moral Values Means Anti-Science > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:18:45 -0500 > >> >> Dear Paleonetters and all people interested in Science--- >> >> On Tuesday, George Bush was re-elected President of the United States. >> Whether or not you supported him is inconsequential. What will have >> extreme >> consequences to those interested in paleontology and the study of >> evolution >> is WHY he got elected. Despite an unpopular war in Iraq and an >> underperforming economy, millions of people turned out at the polls >> to vote >> for Mr. Bush. The reason they cited was “moral values.” Most pundits >> define this as meaning anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage, but it >> runs a >> little deeper than that. It is also anti-science, and for us, >> anti-evolution. With 4 Supreme Court Justice nominations looming in >> the >> next 4 years, Mr. Bush could appoint very extreme right-wing justices >> who >> could effectively put prayer in school, the Ten Commandments in public >> places and Creationism in the classroom. >> >> The time is now for all of us to come together and realize what is >> happening. One THIRD of Americans are evangelical Christians. They >> interpret the Bible literally, which means that they do not believe >> Earth is >> 4.6 billion years old, but do believe that the Flood caused the Grand >> Canyon. What was once thought of as a “fringe” element in American >> society >> has become the majority and, as witnessed on Tuesday, they VOTE. >> >> The question is…..what are we going to do? To borrow from two recent >> campaign ads: there ARE wolves lurking in the forest…are we going to >> bury >> our heads in the sand? >> >> Sincerely, >> Lisa Park >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Dr. Lisa E. Park, Associate Professor >> Department of Geology >> Crouse Hall >> 252 Buchtel Commons >> University of Akron >> Akron, OH 44325-4101 USA >> 001-330-972-7633 (phone) >> 001-330-972-7611 (fax) >> lepark@uakron.edu >> >> Damnant quod non intelligunt >> (they condemn what they do not understand) >> >> > > -- > _______________________________________________ > For the largest FREE email in Ireland (25MB) and 20MB of online file > storage space - Visit http://www.campus.ie > > Powered by Outblaze > > ============================= David H. Goodwin Assistant Professor Department of Geology & Geography F. W. Olin Science Hall Denison University Granville, OH 43023 Voice: (740) 587-5621 Fax: (740) 587-6774 =============================
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