tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218126833549745953.post8287926899598021814..comments2023-03-28T01:57:14.392-04:00Comments on Pro-Existence: Dawkins: Nazi Eugenics "May Not Be Bad"?Rick Pearceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838573536198797927noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218126833549745953.post-17386706910197239752006-12-02T01:24:00.000-05:002006-12-02T01:24:00.000-05:00According to Richard Dawkins' blog (www.richarddaw...According to Richard Dawkins' blog (www.richarddawkins.net - currently down so I can't give you a detailed link), Dawkins never sent a letter to the Sunday Herald. What is quoted is actually an extract from a book, where the subject being discussed is moral problems. The title "eugenics may not be bad" is chosen by a mischevious editor, not by Dawkins.<br /><br />If you read the extract in question (http://www.sundayherald.com/life/people/display.var.1031440.0.eugenics_may_not_be_bad.php), Dawkins says:<br /><br />"Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but <b>not</b> to breed them. I can think of some answers, and they are good ones, which would probably end up persuading me." (emphasis mine)<br /><br />i.e. He can think of arguments that would persuade him that a human breeding programme is a bad idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218126833549745953.post-72980584047719326232006-11-28T19:34:00.000-05:002006-11-28T19:34:00.000-05:00I am SO glad you started a blog!I am SO glad you started a blog!Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10097381893555114911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218126833549745953.post-33990984992493298382006-11-24T09:32:00.000-05:002006-11-24T09:32:00.000-05:00If my memory is right, foxnews this Saturday at 1p...If my memory is right, foxnews this Saturday at 1pm, Brit Hume has a special on the subject.davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116063481522826873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218126833549745953.post-50018879113906438692006-11-24T09:11:00.000-05:002006-11-24T09:11:00.000-05:00Hi Nancy:
Good thoug...Hi Nancy:<br /> Good thoughts - thanks. I've also commented on Mr. Dawkins here (http://reasoningrepaired.blogspot.com/), linking him to the thinking of Peter Singer.Holopupenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453361987796262505noreply@blogger.com