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http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=450951

Please, just lock this thread, or delete it, or whatever. All I tried to do was make a point, and I'm greeted with as much hostility as you'd expect if someone pissed on their grandmother's grave. It's obvious some people here have no decency or manners whatsoever, so please, just sweep this stupid thread into the dustbin of history and save us all a lot of unwarranted grief.

I don't see too much wrong with it, but maybe that's just me...really, what did you expect?

Let me get this straight, you troll "darwinists" (whatever those are) by accusing them of bigotry, and then act all surprised at the less than peachy outcome? Well, then.

Please, just lock this thread, or delete it, or whatever. All I tried to do was make a point, and I'm greeted with as much hostility as you'd expect if someone pissed on their grandmother's grave.
No you didn't. All you tried to do was stir up the muck. Witness this pearl contained in your original post:

"every Darwinist I've ever met has been an arrogant, haughty bigot with zero tolerance for any view that does not conform to their ideas."

So, your point was to insult those who subscribe to the theory of evolution, presumably in the hope of fostering a slugfest. Getting weak-kneed halfway through is just bad form.

Cope with it, Lew.

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