breathtaking inanity
Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005
I'm loving all the news about US District Judge John Jones III and his ruling against the Dover, PA school board's insistence that "Intelligent Design" (a.k.a. Creationism with a different name) should be taught in biology classes. Previously, the school board had forced science teachers to read a statement "telling students that evolution was 'Just a theory' and inviting them to consider alternatives. The only alternative specifically mentioned was "intelligent design," the notion that life is so complex that it could not possibly have been the work of natural selection alone and must have been the work of an unspecified creative intelligence. [source]" Jones went so far to say that Dover's policy represented "Breathtaking inanity."
Equally offended by this ruling (I'm assuming) are the idiots who are freaking out about store clerks and advertisementsts that say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." As a former store clerk, I was never told what holiday greeting I should use...but out of respect for all religions and beliefs, I would say "Happy Holidays." I just don't understand why anyone would want to alienate someone who celebrates Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc. by saying "Merry Christmas." Reuters UK reports that "Religious conservatives are threatening lawsuits and boycotts to insist that store clerks and advertisements say 'Merry Christmas.'"
Is there really nothing better to worry about?! I mean, we are at war! People are starving around the world! Kids are dying! Katrina is still a problem, so is that tsunami that people seem to have forgotten about... But no, we need to now boycott chain department stores because the zit-faced, minimum wage earning teenager behind the counter said "Happy Holidays" to you. Now that's a battle worth fighting.
But wait! Before you take a side, heed this warning: "Every time you say 'Happy Holidays,' an angel gets AIDS." Thanks, Jon Stewart.
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