Fwd: Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution

[dirkie]

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Henk,

Het artikel heeft een hoog satirisch gehalte. Sinds we
hier het referendum hoog houden kan zoiets gebeuren,
en evolutie naar dezelfde dungpile verwezen worden als
ID of creationisme.
Zelf ben ik niet van de bijbel, zou zeggen
integendeel, dat betekent niet dat ik daarom darwinian
evolutie als wetenschappelijke endlosing zie. Het
blijft een mysterieus gebeuren...

dirkie


--- Henk Vreekamp <vreekamp at knoware.nl> wrote:

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> Creationisme/ID nu wet in Amerikaanse deelstaat.
>
>
> >Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution
> >November 28, 2006 | Issue 42•48
> >
> >TOPEKA, KS—In response to a Nov. 7
referendum,
> Kansas lawmakers passed
> >emergency legislation outlawing evolution, the
> highly controversial process
> >responsible for the development and diversity of
> species and the continued
> >survival of all life.
> >
> >Lawmakers decried spontaneous genetic mutations.
> >"From now on, the streets, forests, plains, and
> rivers of Kansas will be
> >safe from the godless practice of evolution, and
> species will be able to
> >procreate without deviating from God's intended
> design," said Bob Bethell,
> >a member of the state House of Representatives.
> "This is about protecting
> >the integrity of all creation."
> >
> >The new law prohibits all living beings within
> state borders from any
> >willful adaptation to changing environmental
> conditions. In addition, it
> >strictly limits any activity that may result in
> enhanced health or survival
> >beyond the current average lifespan of their
> particular species.
> >
> >Violators of the new law may face punishments that
> include jail time, stiff
> >fines, and rehabilitative education and training to
> rid organisms suspected
> >of evolutionary tendencies. Repeat offenders could
> face chemical
> >sterilization.
> >
> >To enforce the law, Kansas state police will be
> trained to investigate and
> >apprehend organisms who exhibit suspected signs of
> evolutionary behavior,
> >such as natural selection or speciation. Plans are
> underway to track and
> >monitor DNA strands in every Kansan life form for
> even the slightest change
> >in allele frequencies.
> >
> >"Barn swallows that develop lighter, more
> streamlined builds to enable
> >faster migration, for example, could live out the
> rest of their brief lives
> >in prison," said Indiana University chemist and
> pro-intelligent-design
> >author Robert Hellenbaum, who helped compose the
> language of the law. "And
> >butterflies who mimic the wing patterns and colors
> of other butterflies for
> >an adaptive advantage, well, their days of
> flaunting God's will are over."
> >
> >Human beings may be the species most deeply
> affected by the new
> >legislation. Those whose cytochrome-c molecules
> vary less than 2 percent
> >from those of chimpanzees will be in direct
> violation of the law.
> >
> >Under particular scrutiny are single-cell
> microorganisms, with thousands of
> >field labs being installed across the state to
> ensure that these self-
> >replicating molecules, notorious for mutation, do
> not do so in a fashion
> >benefitting their long-term survival.
> >
> >Anti-evolutionists such as Hellenbaum have long
> accused microorganisms of
> >popularizing "an otherwise obscure, agonizingly
> slow, and hard-to-
> >understand" biological process. "These repeat
> offenders are at the root of
> >the problem," Hellenbaum said. "We have the fossil
> records to prove it."
> >
> >"No species is exempt," said Marcus Holloway, a
> state police
> >spokesman. "Whether you're a human being or a fruit
> fly—if we detect one
> >homologous chromosome trying to cross over during
> the process of meiosis,
> >you will be punished to the full extent of the
> law."
> >
> >Although the full impact of the new law will likely
> not be felt for
> >approximately 10 million years, most Kansans say
> they are relieved that the
> >ban went into effect this week, claiming that
> evolution may have gone too
> >far already.
> >
> >"If Earth's species were meant to change over
> successive generations
> >through physical modifications resulting from the
> adaptation to
> >environmental challenges, then God would have given
> them the genetic
> >predisposition to select mates and reproduce based
> on their favorable
> >heritable traits and their ability to thrive under
> changing conditions so
> >that these advantageous qualities would be passed
> down and eventually
> >encoded into the DNA of each generation of
> offspring," Olathe public school
> >teacher and creationist Joyce Eckhardt said. "It's
> just not natural."
> >
> >Some warn that the strict wording of the law could
> have a deleterious
> >effect on Kansas' mostly agricultural economy,
> since it also prohibits all
> >forms of man-made artificial selection, such as
> plant hybridization,
> >genetic engineering, and animal husbandry. A police
> raid on an alleged
> >artificial-insemination facility outside McPherson,
> KS on Friday resulted
> >in the arrest of a farmer, a veterinarian, four
> assistants, one bull, and
> >several dozen cows.
> >
> >Agribusiness leaders, who rely on evolution science
> to genetically modify
> >crops, have voiced concerns about doing business
> with Kansas farmers.
> >
> >"If Kansans want to ban evolution, that is their
> right, but they must
> >understand that we rely on a certain flexibility in
> the natural order of
> >things to be able to deliver healthy food products
> to millions of
> >Americans," said Carl Casale, a vice president with
> the agricultural giant
> >Monsanto. "We're not talking about playing God
> here. We are talking about
> >succeeding in the competitive veggie-burger
> market."
> >
>
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