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To: CarolinaGuitarman
"Galton had the same prejudices as the vast majority of people at the time. His view of eugenics was that the better *fit* should be encouraged to have more children. It wasn't about forced sterilization or the forced segregation of the *less fit*. It was still wrong, but it's conclusions about the relative superiority of different races and social classes was just a reflection of the prevailing views throughut Victorian educated society. Non-evolutionists came to the same conclusions but just used different arguments (many times biblical). It's almost impossible to find a non-racist from that time."

You're using an awful lot of lipstick for that pig.....
For anyone else curious, try this link: The One For Which Excuses Are Being Made

111 posted on 12/16/2005 6:15:41 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

Next time you want to ping me to something I said 2 and a half months ago, don't. Goodbye.


112 posted on 12/16/2005 6:19:44 PM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
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