Actually the biggest bullshit is the assumption that a legislature doesn't have the right to pull funding from a state university, on the basis of academic freedom. A legislature can do any damned thing that they can get a majority to vote for, and frequently proves it. Then there's the fact that I'm not sure that spreading actual falsehoods is covered under academic freedom either, and just because an academic believes something is true, doesn't make it so. Finally something to think about. If the US government were truly behind something like this, do you think it would require a loony to talk about it. Based on what I've seen our government leaks like a sieve, it would have been on the front page of the NY Times months ago. If the government were capable of keeping such a secret, do you think this guy wouldn't have met with an "unfortunate accident" by now. (No need to discredit someone if they're dead). So many holes in this theory, so little time.
Bob Shell wrote: >On Jul 25, 2006, at 3:49 AM, Don Williams wrote: > > > >>Someone posted a bit about the 'moon landing was filmed in Death >>Valley >>lunatics' the other day. Try this one for /real /bullshit: >> >>http://email.latimes.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/e5td0LgybQ0G2B0HjO40EF >> >> > > >Which part do you consider bullshit? What the man proposes to teach, >or the university defending his right to teach it? Personally, I >think freedom of speech must encompass ideas that the mainstream >considers repugnant. > >Bob > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
