Skillin' an' Dawkins
Uncle Davey
This article is about Skilling, the Enron white collar criminal
inspired by Richard Dawkins' Selfish Gene, his favorite book.
I thought that the Dawkins fans on some of the groups I have posted to
would like to make a comment on whether they agree that Richard Dawkins
is co-responsible for the defrauding of so many poor investors in the
name of Darwinian selfish-geneism.
Best,
Davey
Michael Gray
<jerzy.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
- Refer:
<uncletom-1168615...@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>
No more than is Newton responsible for the death of people who jump
off cliffs and succumb to gravity.
If you somehow think that merely explaining an existing phenomenon
makes the explainer then responsible for the consequences of that
phenomenon entails a staggering deficiency in rational thought.
Anyone who holds that position should be locked in a secure mental
institution forthwith.
Does that include you?
--
AC
I'd like to know if we can start blaming Jesus Christ for the murder
of six million Jews.
--
Aaron Clausen
Lucifer
Dawkins himself has already answered this, the short version being
"Just because it is how it happens in nature, doesn't mean that it is
a good model for society".
As for societies based on religious ideas, try Iran.
Even our largest right wing party is no further to the right than your
largest "left" wing party.
--
Lucifer the Unsubtle, EAC Librarian of Dark Tomes of Excessive Evil
and General Purpose Igor
The Anti-Theist, BAAWA Lowly Evilmeister and tamer of the Demon Duck
of Doom
Convicted by Earthquack
"Don't worry, I won't bite.......hard"
quibbler
mightym...@gmail.com says...
Dawkins has long ago addressed the fact people in the "greed is good"
1980's misinterpreted the title of his book and thought that it was some
kind of justification for greed. In fact, it has nothing to do with any
of that. It says that genes function in a "selfish" manner, in the sense
that their "goal" is to propagate more copies of themselves. But that
says nothing about the motivations of human greed.
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
Uncle Davey
Why do you want to let Hitler off the hook? Are you that fond of him?
BTW. If you fancy a laugh, go on youtube and search on
"Weytzentrenner".
Davey
Uncle Davey
> On Jan 12, 3:23 pm, "UncleDavey" <jerzy.jakubow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=1&subID=853
>
> > This article is about Skilling, the Enron white collar criminal
> > inspired by Richard Dawkins' Selfish Gene, his favorite book.
>
> > I thought that the Dawkins fans on some of the groups I have posted to
> > would like to make a comment on whether they agree that Richard Dawkins
> > is co-responsible for the defrauding of so many poor investors in the
> > name of Darwinian selfish-geneism.
>
> > Best,
>
> >Davey
>
> Dawkins himself has already answered this, the short version being
> "Just because it is how it happens in nature, doesn't mean that it is
> a good model for society".
>
> As for societies based on religious ideas, try Iran.
>
> Even our largest right wing party is no further to the right than your
> largest "left" wing party.
>
Who would "ours" and "yours" be in that sentence?
I get to vote in Poland for local and European council elections and
in the UK in general elections. How weird is that?
Uncle Davey
AC
Hitler was just doing the Lord's work. He said so, many times.
--
Aaron Clausen
mightym...@gmail.com
cactus
AC
How would any of us possibly know? Maybe the Lord is a hateful
monstrous anti-Semite.
--
Aaron Clausen
mightym...@gmail.com
Uncle Davey
Um, that's not exactly your best defence for being an atheist.
Uncle Davey