Comments on: A Modest Proposal

By: Reid

Reid — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

It’s okay David, I turnned them back on. I’m curious to see how many comments my unused old blog gets. :-)

By: Jeff K

Jeff K — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Bigot, as you know, is a narrowly defined term. More interestingly, the eugenics you hint at apparently got out of control in Canada and elsewhere in the early part of this century as the law deviated from its application [feigned look of shock] (My ref: Stephen Pinker’s “The Blank Slate”). Now IMHO, having media totally disconnected with what goes on on the street is also problematic. Also, your test of IF the bigot WOULD do something, whoa… Anyway, that “Blank Slate” book walks the fine line on this and the “nature/nurture” topic and also this month’s “Skeptic” skewers “The Blank Slate”. Read ‘em all, let your brain sort ‘em out.

By: Himself

Himself — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Ahem.

“When I use a word it means exactly what I want it to mean, nothing more and nothing less.”
- Humpty Dumpty from Alice in Wonderland