Yes, Murray's book is insightful. Do you consider yourself more of a Multi-Regionalist or an Eve - Out of Africa Theory Theorist?
Do you believe we evolved separately all over Europe, Asia and Africa from Homo Erectus, or from a tiny fragment group of Homo that survived in modern day Kenya/Tanzania and then spread worldwide, killing off the existing Homo Erectus and eventually Neandertal? For more discussions on such topics please visit the Yahoo Group "Social Darwinism-l" for libertarian Social Darwinists. BTW, Murray is currently one of the Nation's premiere Social Darwinist thinkers. --- In [email protected], "David Macko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In their excellent, very informative book, The Bell Curve, which I > strongly recommend to all of you who are sufficiently literate, > rational and capable of accepting facts which you may have been conditioned > to find distasteful, libertarian Charles Murray > and the late Richard Herrnstein concentrate much more on intelligence and > apparently > innate behavioral trends than on skin color as a means of differentiating > the races > and the consequences of these facts for restoring liberty, especially in the > areas of > welfare, education and crime. > > For life and liberty, > David Macko > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 11:10 AM > Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Re: Setting up WWIII!! Syria / Venezuela & > More... > > > > James, > > > > > > > > Any differentiating characteristic can be used to separate an > > organism into a subspecies grouping. Color is a very common > > criteria used by taxonomist. It is no less junk science than > > separating Amanita muscaria mushrooms into regional color > > variations, even though the inter-subspecies colors often > > overlap. You either disapprove of such splitting taxonomy, or > > disapprove of those who use it as a justification for their > > prejudicial beliefs. I would have swore you were disapproving of > > both, but you now claim you are splitting the two and only > > disapproving of the latter. Your split would seem to be at least > > as foggy as any human subspecies classifications. If you are only > > critical of those who use science for prejudicial ends, then > > limit yourself to that, and stop criticizing the science itself. > > > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > > > Actually, my first two messages in this thread, addressed to > > David Macko > > was not about taxonomy in specific, but the employment of > > "racial" > > classifications by racialists and anti-miscegenationists who wish > > to use > > such classifications as justification for their beliefs. > > > > Then YOU took issue with my accurate description of such sloppy, > > undefined > > and inconsistent classifications as junk science, speaking > > specifically > > about racialists and anti-miscegenationists. Then, I answered > > your posts > > on the specific topic of taxonomy. You seem to have assumed that > > only > > taxonomists have contributed to the creation of this mess of > > sloppiness > > known as "racial" classification and act as if this particular > > brand of > > soft science is so mindblowingly fragile that it must be > > vehemently > > protected, lest any criticism damage it beyond salvage. > > > > ___ > > James Landrith > > cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 > > AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 > > Yahoo!: jlandrith * MSN: jlandrith > > http://multiracial.com > > http://jameslandrith.com > > http://jameslandrith.com/wordpress/ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
