collective stupidity of people on the street. Two of my favorites:
The high scholl kid who got thousands of names on a petition to stop the
dangerous chemical "H2O" (which he rightly claimed caused more property and
mechanical damage that any other substance and has reached easily detectable
levels in the atmosphere, oceans and all municipal plumbing systems)
"The Man Show" sketch asking women on the street to sign a petition to "Stop
Women's Sufferage". ;^)
Jim Davis
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From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:29 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Georgia may shun "evolution" in schools
In college, after a friend honestly didn't believe that penguins were birds,
we conducted an informal poll among fellow students. A majority of people
agreed with him. Boggles the mind.
-Kevin
> See, it's a controversial topic.
>
> People just don't agree so we have to cater to everyone. Maybe they could
> have LRH cultists and genetic biologist fight it out against the
Christians,
> Muslims and Jews.
>
> Winner gets to decide what is taught....
>
> The Gallup Organizations periodically asks the American public about their
> beliefs on evolution and creation. They have conducted a poll of U.S.
adults
> in 1982, 1991, 1993 and 1997. By keeping their wording identical, each
> year's results are comparable to the others.
> Results for the 1991-NOV-21 to 24 poll were:
>
> Belief system
> Creationist view
> Theistic evolution
> Naturalistic Evolution
>
> Group of adults
> God created man pretty much in his present form at one time within the
last
> 10,000 years.
> Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life,
> but God guided this process, including man's creation.
> Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life.
> God had no part in this process.
>
> Everyone
> 47%
> 40%
> 9%
>
> Men
> 39%
> 45%
> 11.5%
>
> Women
> 53%
> 36%
> 6.6%
>
> College graduates
> 25%
> 54%
> 16.5%
>
> No high school diploma
> 65%
> 23%
> 4.6%
>
> Income over $50,000
> 29%
> 50%
> 17%
>
> Income under $20,000
> 59%
> 28%
> 6.5%
>
> Caucasians
> 46%
> 40%
> 9%
>
> Afro-Americans
> 53%
> 41%
> 4%
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