According to this article, the word debate seems to be sorely in need of redefinition.
President George W. Bush stirred the debate on the teaching of evolution in schools when he said this week that he supported the teaching of alternative viewpoints - such as the theory of Intelligent Design - to help students "understand what the debate is about" [emphasis mine].
Please do not trouble yourself - I have already suggested a number of alternatives to the archaic meaning (“to engage in argument by discussing opposing points.“) to the custodians of Dictionary.com.
- Impassioned and reasoned logic countered with childish misrepresentations and/or outright lies.
- Deliberately creating confusion between the Scientific Process and a Scientifically-Conducted Gallup Poll.
If you are not looking forward to another unreasoning dark age, except this time with nuclear bombs, might I suggest taking this opportunity to donate to these charities:
Tags: Angry, Science, Skepticism
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