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To: BroJoeK
Sadly, the practice of weeding out the unfit goes back to ancient times.

On the other hand:

"The influence primarily responsible for the modern eugenics movement was the establishment of the doctrine of organic evolution following the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859."

- Samuel J. Holmes, Human Genetics, 1936, chapter 25.


49 posted on 01/04/2009 6:47:18 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Darwinism!)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
""The influence primarily responsible for the modern eugenics movement was the establishment of the doctrine of organic evolution following the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859."

- Samuel J. Holmes, Human Genetics, 1936, chapter 25."

I understand that you wish to discredit the science of evolution by linking it to the political eugenics movement. But Darwin's theory only attempted to explain what happend in the past, not to recommend future behavior.

And here is what other eugenicists said in 1921 were the origins of their movement. Note they did not include either Darwin or evolution:

Wikipedia: Eugenics


62 posted on 01/04/2009 7:19:00 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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