Virtute et Armis
Virtute et armis is Mississippi’s official state slogan, meaning “By valor and arms.”
There’s nothing valorous about the recent anti-evolution bills submitted in the state’s legislature. As reported by the National Center for Science Education, both of these attacks on science have died in committee:
Senate Bill 2427 is listed on the Mississippi legislature’s website as having died on committee on February 28, 2006. The bill, which was passed by the Senate on February 6, 2006, would have ensured that “[n]o local school board, school superintendent or school principal shall prohibit a public school classroom teacher from discussing and answering questions from individual students on the issue of flaws or problems which may exist in Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and the existence of other theories of evolution, including, but not limited to, the Intelligent Design explanation of the origin of life.” The other antievolution bill in Mississippi, House Bill 953, died in committee on January 31, 2006.
Cave ab homine unius libri.
Beware of anyone who has just one book.
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“Beware of anyone who has just one book.”
Couldn’t agree more..
Cave ab homine unius libri.
…and knows not of how it was written.
Solar Flare: Sorry your comment didn’t post right away… for whatever reason my spam watchdog didn’t like it and sent it to a moderation queue.
Adversus solem ne loquitor
No problem. Maybe the spam watchdog needs to learn Latin.
Priceless.
I saw that on Phil’s blog, lol.