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-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Levi [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 4:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: IMAX and evolution


This is a direct quote direct from the article -- boldface is mine: 
"Hyman Field, who as a science foundation official had a role in the 
financing of "Volcanoes," said he understood that theaters must be 
responsive to their audiences. But Dr. Field he said he was "furious" 
that a science museum would decide not to show a scientifically 
accurate documentary like "Volcanoes" because it mentioned evolution. 
"
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And you know, I think Dr. Field is right to be furious. If science centers
are willing to knuckle under to religious fundamentalists and give science
the short end of the stick... then what's that say about us? Who can be
expected to stand up for science if not us? If we are not for ourselves, who
will be for us?

Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
Science Center of Connecticut

"God grant me the company of those who seek the truth, and God deliver me
from those who have found it."

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