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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
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Subject: A Breed Apart
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 18:03:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 18:03:05 1985
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> [Mike Huybensz]
>>>>     e)  ''A rule that all breeders recognize,  is  that  there
>>>>         are  fixed  limits to the amount of change that can be
>>>>         produced.'' [Lane P. Lester and Raymond G. Bohlin, THE
>>>>         NATURAL  LIMITS  TO  BIOLOGICAL  CHANGE (Grand Rapids:
>>>>         Zondervan, 1984), p. 96.]
>>> 
>>> What evidence does this creationist text (note the publisher) supply,
>>> other than his bare assertion?
>> 
>> Poison the well, Mike.  A creationist text, therefore wrong.  Yes,
>> some additional corroborative material would have been useful.  But
>> have you got something other than a bare assertion that the statement
>> is incorrect?

> Therefore suspect.  If I wanted declare him wrong because he is a creationist,
> I would do so.  It's very impolite for you to imply otherwise.

> But (once again) the only thing breeders can talk about is the RATE at which
> change can be produced.

Okay, fine.  A creationist text, therefore suspect.  Still poisoning
the well.  Yes, some additional corroborative material would have been
useful.  But have you got something other than a bare assertion that
"the only thing breeders can talk about is the RATE at which change can
be produced"?
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