Woa, there's nothing sadder than a racist flaunting his stupidity. On 10/27/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bill wrote: > > A person is a person. Their relative intelligence and 'workmanship' has > > nothing to do with their race. > > I hate to break this to you, but I'm going to: you can't be anything > you want. You're limited by your genes and genes have been used to > define a grouping called "race". From there we can move to other > genetic groupings: > > Kentucky > Phried > Chicken > Our > Favorite > Greasy > Snack > > Hey, speaking of genes and racism, you'll love this: > > Dr. Watson -- who co-discovered the structure of DNA and thereby > helped launch the genetics revolution -- said yesterday that he would > no longer serve as the chancellor of the prestigious Cold Spring > Harbor Laboratory, an institution he has been associated with for more > than four decades. The 79-year-old scientist said he would "retire" > with immediate effect following an outcry over controversial remarks > he recently made in the United Kingdom media about the intelligence > levels of blacks. > > It is an unexpected and ignominious end to one of the most illustrious > careers in modern science. Dr. Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize in > 1962 with Mr. Crick and Maurice Wilkins for their DNA discovery, > recently told Britain's Sunday Times that he was "inherently gloomy > about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are > based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours -- > whereas all the testing says not really." > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119331451684871240.html >
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