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c9Knowing that many of my friends have different interests, I present several different items for comment:
1. This morning, when there's normally mindless pap, a local radio station accidentally allowed actual conversational debate to leak through: one DJ was defending his decision to never vaccinate his children, and the others were talking about how diseases used to wipe out thousands or millions every few decades, but vaccination has curbed this. His take was that "humans are the only species that does not allow nature to take its course," i.e. Darwinism. Thoughts?
2. The Pope has had a feeding tube inserted to help his caloric intake. a) would the reports have placed feeding tube in the headlines if Terry Schiavo hadn't taught us all the lingo? b) He is *so* not long for this world. Watch for the white smoke at the Vatican, kids.
3. Yesterday, school buses throughout large sections of Ontario north of London were delayed for two full hours. By fog. WTF?
1. This morning, when there's normally mindless pap, a local radio station accidentally allowed actual conversational debate to leak through: one DJ was defending his decision to never vaccinate his children, and the others were talking about how diseases used to wipe out thousands or millions every few decades, but vaccination has curbed this. His take was that "humans are the only species that does not allow nature to take its course," i.e. Darwinism. Thoughts?
2. The Pope has had a feeding tube inserted to help his caloric intake. a) would the reports have placed feeding tube in the headlines if Terry Schiavo hadn't taught us all the lingo? b) He is *so* not long for this world. Watch for the white smoke at the Vatican, kids.
3. Yesterday, school buses throughout large sections of Ontario north of London were delayed for two full hours. By fog. WTF?
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Date: 2005-03-30 05:53 am (UTC)1) Humans are the only species that knows not to let nature take its course.
Also, Darwinism only applies to genetic traits that die out because individuals with the trait don't live to adulthood.
2) a) I haven't seen anyone making a big deal out of the Pope's feeding tube. But I expect either pro-Schindler people to point out that the leader of the Roman Catholic Church doesn't consider it extraordinary life-extending measures, or pro-Michael Schiavo people to suggest that the Pope is mentally incapacitated because no one with any quality of life would want one.
3) Can't help you there. Fog sucks.
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Date: 2005-03-30 07:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-30 11:17 am (UTC)The definition of a species is that two creatures can produce a non-sterile offspring. The offspring of two closely related species, such as a mule, is sterile.