Thursday, June 02, 2005
Let the Wailing and the Gnashing of Teeth Begin
Denyse O'Leary, the intelligent design apologist who publishes the Post-Darwinist blog, is very, very unhappy about the statement issued by the director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History saying that "The Privileged Planet" is not consistent with the mission of the Smithsonian Institution's scientific research and neither the Smithsonian Institution nor the National Museum of Natural History supports or endorses the Discovery Institute or the film.
Before Red State Rabble tells you just how unhappy O'Leary is, we first have to take note of an absolutely fascinating -- and utterly revealing -- detail from her post. After quoting the Smithsonian statement above, she informs her readers that she can't provide a link because, "[t]he above item was brown bagged to me, so I do not yet have a link for it. But will post one as soon as I do." (emphasis added)
Now RSR is old, and not totally up on the new technology. In the old days, when we were young, things sometimes came in over the transom, but there are no transoms, now. We can imagine something being e-mailed, IMed, possibly text messaged over a cell phone. It might even have been mailed the old-fashioned way, but "brown bagged?" How is this done?
Now, perhaps RSR is being a little unfair, but we sometimes think that the intelligent design crowd is -- how shall we put it delicately? -- truth challenged. Could it be that our friend O'Leary did a little copy and paste over at Panda's Thumb (that's how RSR did it) and just doesn't want to credit her source?
We'll let our readers decide for themselves. Now back to the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
There are many examples in her post, but we'll cite just this one complaining about all the protest letters that were sent to the Smithsonian:
You Darwinbots -- you know who your are -- will want to go to O'Leary's blog to revel in the misery of the ID bunch at having failed to secure the imprimatur of science with a measly $16,000 dollar bribe. You 'bots, you.
Before Red State Rabble tells you just how unhappy O'Leary is, we first have to take note of an absolutely fascinating -- and utterly revealing -- detail from her post. After quoting the Smithsonian statement above, she informs her readers that she can't provide a link because, "[t]he above item was brown bagged to me, so I do not yet have a link for it. But will post one as soon as I do." (emphasis added)
Now RSR is old, and not totally up on the new technology. In the old days, when we were young, things sometimes came in over the transom, but there are no transoms, now. We can imagine something being e-mailed, IMed, possibly text messaged over a cell phone. It might even have been mailed the old-fashioned way, but "brown bagged?" How is this done?
Now, perhaps RSR is being a little unfair, but we sometimes think that the intelligent design crowd is -- how shall we put it delicately? -- truth challenged. Could it be that our friend O'Leary did a little copy and paste over at Panda's Thumb (that's how RSR did it) and just doesn't want to credit her source?
We'll let our readers decide for themselves. Now back to the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
There are many examples in her post, but we'll cite just this one complaining about all the protest letters that were sent to the Smithsonian:
"If you definitely know that you are a Darwinbot, you should not get or read anything at all except the newsletters and blogs of people who reassure you that a 19th century upper-class Brit proved that there is no real purpose or meaning in the universe or the design of life. That's good enough for YOU, 'bot!"
You Darwinbots -- you know who your are -- will want to go to O'Leary's blog to revel in the misery of the ID bunch at having failed to secure the imprimatur of science with a measly $16,000 dollar bribe. You 'bots, you.
