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At 2005-07-20 12:03 AM -0400, you wrote:

>         For another view of biology book stickers and Darwin bookmarks see:

The Swift Report has chronicled sticker shock in Georgia-- 
http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2005/06/antievolution_g.html

It also tracks other education and science-related stories 
http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/science/index.html


>June 13, 2005
>Anti-Evolution Gangs Terrorize Georgia Town
>
>Anti-evolutionist gangs have ratcheted up their campaign against the 
>controversial theory of evolution, turning to traditionalist graffiti to 
>make their case. Their target: anything that claims to be more than 6,000 
>years old.
>
>Terrorized Georgians want police to enforce anti-evolution gang ordinance
>
>By Deanna Swift
>
>MARIETTA, GA—It is the traditionalist equivalent of graffiti, stickers 
>that appear under cover of darkness, targeting anything that promotes the 
>theory of evolution, from text books to museum exhibits. Opponents of the 
>so-called "sticker wars" say that creationists have taken their adhesive 
>campaign too far. Proponents say that they'll continue the cause until 
>evolutionists embrace a controversial sticking point: the idea that the 
>Earth is a mere 6,000 years old.

M. Pamela Bumsted, Ph.D.
Cerebral Odd Jobs, Inc.
Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic = word processing, technical editing & 
writing, computers, numbers & stats, analysis, careful thought, etc.
PO Box 1951, Bethel, Alaska 99559 USA
"have mind, will wander"
cerebraloddjobs at gmail dot com


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