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From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
Subject: Re: Creation VS Evolution Survey Now Complete
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brentb <brentb@ionet.net> wrote:
>>         Right wing anti-science? Since the Liberals are the technophobes, 
>> that's quite an odd assertion. I suppose it's like claiming the 
>> non-Liberals are the anti-intellectuals, when in fact it is the Liberals 
>> who are the irrationalists.
>
>What planet do you live on?!  Conservative philosophy embraces a "return"
>to values, ideas, and in general the intellect, of the 16th century.
>Conservative misogyny, racism, and elitism is also hardly modern.

The 16th century was a time of change and exploration.  It's the time
of Renaissance and Shakespeare.  I think you need to go back a couple
hundred more years to the time of feudalism in the 12th century.

-- 
Ray Fischer
ray@netcom.com
