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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Moral Decay
Message-ID: <122@mhuxt.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-May-84 11:24:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 16 11:24:43 1984
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<Eat this line.  Make my day.>

    A recent article in this newsgroup stated that many conservatives felt
that the teaching of 'anti-creationism' in public schools contributed to
moral decay, or something like that.  (I'm doing this from memory, so please
don't flame me if I've misremembered something.)  I'm interested in finding
out if anyone out there really believes this, and if so, what kind of casual
connection they perceive between the two.  

    Also, I think that 'anti-creationism' is a really interesting term.  We
could use it as a pattern for new terms for other subjects, like 
'anti-flat_earthism' (geography), 'anti-newtonianism' (relativity).  At a
relatively small cost (just a few extra letters), we get a term which
is nicely loaded with negative connotations.  Of course, some netusers may
want to use logic, or some other similar theory, in their debate entries,
but those who like to appeal to emotionalism instead may find these
anti-words useful.


                                 Anti-disrespectfully submitted,

 					Jeff Sonntag