RE: Gore Shocks Scientists With Creationism Statement

Patrick Wilken (patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 11:46:02 +1000

>I was in the middle of writing an essay for THE TRANSHUMANIST
>that took the position, ok, so Kansas dropped off the map, but
>let's look at the picture as a whole, which isn't that bad.
>But if our two leading political candidates both favor this approach,
>I may have to seriously revise it!

Actually all Gore is saying is that people have a right to raise their children according to their beliefs. Seems like a reasonable statement to me.

best, patrick (donning asbestos suit)


Patrick Wilken 
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