January 21, 2003

DARWIN'S RIGHT, I'M WRONG:

Volunteer 'Human Shields' to Head for Iraq (Andrew Cawthorne, 1/21/03, Reuters)
A first wave of mainly Western volunteers will leave London this weekend on a convoy bound for Iraq to act as "human shields" at key sites and populous areas in case of a U.S.-led war on Baghdad.

I've always said that I'd concede the truth of Darwinism if only someone would provide an ongoing example of natural selection in action. I concede the point. The human gene pool can only be strengthened by the removal of these deviant strands of DNA. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 21, 2003 3:27 PM
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Its funny, if you lined people up and said "All the stupid people, raise your hands", no one would respond but if you say, "Who wants to visit a brutal dictatership because
the most powerful nation on Earth is about to bomb it", up go the hands.

Posted by: David Cohen at January 21, 2003 2:49 PM

This story is a Judge Advocate's wet dream. Protected persons who intentionally abuse their status to shield military targets and not merely thereby unprotected, they are war criminals. This is, in Darwinian terms, a lethal mutation.

Posted by: Lou Gots at January 21, 2003 3:02 PM

David:



You know what Ma Gump said: Stupid is as stupid does.

Posted by: oj at January 21, 2003 3:28 PM

So can we arrest them now for war crimes, or do we have to wait until a bomb drops on them? ;)

Posted by: Just John at January 21, 2003 3:50 PM

I agree, they're pretty stupid.



The thing that crossed my mind second, after Hollywood stars, was how

many Christian groups or people are involved in things like this.

This highlights a real debate over how to interpret Christ's

teachings, a debate stretching back almost 2000 years. It also sets some

limits on the type of criticism certain types of protest can take,

however misguided or stupid.



Even though I do not believe in God, I find 'Christian' protest as

being an order above political or ideological.



Actually, you mention Darwin. This would be one way for a whole

interpretation of Christ to be made extinct if taken to logical

conclusions.

Posted by: Alastair at January 21, 2003 7:15 PM

If you would really like to observe evolution by natural selection in action, I recommend This book

Posted by: John Weidner at January 21, 2003 11:16 PM

Yes, it's a fine book. I review it here:



">http://www.brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/534




But that's not evolution.

Posted by: oj at January 22, 2003 8:24 AM

Orrin, you need to be precise. What you call evolution

has nothing to do with darwinism, although darwinism has everything to do with evolution.





Of course the radiation of finches in the Galapagos was/is evolution.

Posted by: Harry at January 23, 2003 6:04 PM
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