tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post3984438583732718670..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Gish and Chavez: I Won't Miss ThemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-19284103917494151922013-03-09T11:36:37.057-05:002013-03-09T11:36:37.057-05:00What anonymous probably means is this. If you were...What anonymous probably means is this. If you were (a rational) president of the country, and realized there was a bigot creationist out there, would you try, using your presidential influence, to get rid of him?<br /><br />(If I was asked this question I would reply, no, but I would try to point out his stupidity and inform people about the dangers of creationism; and I would certainly oppose the teaching of it in schools.)Takis Konstantopouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675216467783238403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-70636185780443749662013-03-09T04:02:22.926-05:002013-03-09T04:02:22.926-05:00If you (Jeffrey O Shallit) had the level of power ...<i>If you (Jeffrey O Shallit) had the level of power which Chavez had, would you feel justified using that power to strip Gish or other creationists of their credentials? </i><br /><br />I'm not sure what you mean by "credentials" here. Do you mean his Ph. D.? Then no, on what basis would a president of a country have power to tell universities how to award degrees?Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-62982424072865885752013-03-09T04:00:05.343-05:002013-03-09T04:00:05.343-05:00Sean Penn, Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, the UN, ....<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-sean-penn-venezuela-hugo-chavez-20130308,0,2217639.story" rel="nofollow">Sean Penn</a>, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/mar/06/hugo-chavez-hollywood-tribute" rel="nofollow">Oliver Stone, Michael Moore</a>, <a href="http://www.nysun.com/foreign/un-award-to-venezuelas-chavez-sparks-criticism/27125/" rel="nofollow">the UN</a>, ... How many do you want?Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-67784576964398600332013-03-08T22:54:53.755-05:002013-03-08T22:54:53.755-05:00Sure college students have Che posters. But who on...Sure college students have Che posters. But who on the left makes a hero out of Chavez?Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-33226062868241638302013-03-08T20:31:10.042-05:002013-03-08T20:31:10.042-05:00To weave the two topics of this post into one fibe...To weave the two topics of this post into one fiber, a hypothetical question. If you (Jeffrey O Shallit) had the level of power which Chavez had, would you feel justified using that power to strip Gish or other creationists of their credentials? Why or why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-42661281498703595282013-03-08T16:15:40.108-05:002013-03-08T16:15:40.108-05:00If I had to choose among all the songs written abo...If I had to choose among all the songs written about Sudbury, I'd go with Stompin' Tom:<br /><br />The girls are out to Bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko, <br />And we think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night. <br />The glasses they will tinkle when our eyes begin to twinkle, <br />And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535936503748349395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-35804859435681597032013-03-08T10:22:46.456-05:002013-03-08T10:22:46.456-05:00Won't miss Stompin' Tom either - a 5-year-...Won't miss Stompin' Tom either - a 5-year-old would be ashamed to write lyrics like "The good old hockey game is the best game you can name, and the best game you can name is the good old hockey game". Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-34326415163796053572013-03-08T09:59:06.824-05:002013-03-08T09:59:06.824-05:00But Stompin' Tom and Max Ferguson OTOH....But Stompin' Tom and Max Ferguson OTOH....<br />Steve Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022832831084750602noreply@blogger.com