10th July 2005, 6:04 PM
There are logical people in Russia though. This isn't one of them, and there are people in positions of authority who certainly aren't. I wouldn't label the entire nation as "backwards hicks", because, well, I know how offensive such stigma can be.
On another note, the Tulsa Zoo recently was going to agree on a project presenting Creationism on equal footing with evolution. At any rate, thanks to a lot of protests and a vote 2:1 (the 1 going to the fine mayor of Tulsa) against, they changed their minds and have decided not to go through with such an endorsement at what is otherwise a model zoo. (It really is a nice zoo besides this fiasco, no small outdoor caged areas with one side lined with stale disgusting water or anythings. Most of the big animals have massive ranges and stuff to roam around in, the downside being you have a somewhat small chance of getting to see a lot of them and if you do, it's from a great distance peering into holes put in a very VERY tall fence. Plus, lots of science exibits all over the place, I BELIEVE the most recent one is a microclimate built to reproduce jungle conditions in a massive area with netting for walls which holds a lot of interesting flora and also jaguars. So, yeah it's a nice zoo besides this.)
On another note, the Tulsa Zoo recently was going to agree on a project presenting Creationism on equal footing with evolution. At any rate, thanks to a lot of protests and a vote 2:1 (the 1 going to the fine mayor of Tulsa) against, they changed their minds and have decided not to go through with such an endorsement at what is otherwise a model zoo. (It really is a nice zoo besides this fiasco, no small outdoor caged areas with one side lined with stale disgusting water or anythings. Most of the big animals have massive ranges and stuff to roam around in, the downside being you have a somewhat small chance of getting to see a lot of them and if you do, it's from a great distance peering into holes put in a very VERY tall fence. Plus, lots of science exibits all over the place, I BELIEVE the most recent one is a microclimate built to reproduce jungle conditions in a massive area with netting for walls which holds a lot of interesting flora and also jaguars. So, yeah it's a nice zoo besides this.)
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)