45% of Americans are Morons

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Yes, but I did live in Jacksonville.

So did I you will recall. Where I wouldnt be surprised if the majority was seriously creationist (though there sure as hell were plenty of folks who werent) So look at Florida. Think about South Fla, Tampa Bay, the Space Coast vs Jax and the panhandle (and in between areas like Orlando) Can you really imagine that half of Florida is REALLY creationist - not just as far as affirming genesis to a pollster, but rejecting evolutionary explanations of things as deep in the popular culture as dinosaurs? I mean if this is not a true picture of Florida, or Virginia, is it a true picture of the USA (which isnt all Kansas or Mississippi)? I suggest it is not.

[Japher]

The last thing a bad thread needs is an imitation.

-that's sig material

oh, and UR was refering to this wonderful thread as the "bad thread"

[chequita guevara]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Florida was more than half creationist. This is a state where religion still holds sway over politics: gays can't adopt or have civil rights, Terry Schiavo, etc. Jacksonville, politically, is controled by the First Baptist Church.

[Japher]

Florida has baptist idiots, old morons caught in their ways, and catholic nuts from cuba... and che of course

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Theben
You're 100-0ed for giving a relatively serious response to Lancer's winked statement.

We don't play those games here, Tomdom.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Japher
Florida has baptist idiots, old morons caught in their ways, and catholic nuts from cuba... and che of course

That last one's the dumbest of the lot.

[tinyp3nis]

Originally posted by Asher

It's normally a very loose term, except when someone uses it specifically like:

It's a fact that 50% of any large enough population are idiots. So?

Which is alluding to its definition of someone of "sub-normal" intelligence.

Nah it's simply loose.

[BeBMan]

At least 45 % of the UK's people are British. You can't doubt that.

[MosesPresley]

It's monkeys all the way down.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Florida was more than half creationist. This is a state where religion still holds sway over politics: gays can't adopt or have civil rights, Terry Schiavo, etc. Jacksonville, politically, is controled by the First Baptist Church.

when i was there, there was talk of making Duval County dry - that failed miserably. And they never got rid of the many adult entertainment establishments. FBC didnt really run things then - the old Duval county business establishment ran things.

In any case, I knew plenty of folks, Yankee transplants, Episcopalians and what not, who were certainly not creationists. But they may well have been a minority (the leading new contestant for power, IIRC, was the growing black population, and i suppose many of them are 'creationists')

[Sava]

creationists = retards

[Japher]

once again Sava says it in away that doesn't require us "non-morons" to understand maths

[Jon Miller]

the place whre I have seen creationism discussed the most (in the last few years)

was in a summer program for young black women who were interested in being scientists (physicists in particular)

they were all creationists...

Jon Miller

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Sava
creationists = retards

But then sava = creationist

[Japher]

ooh, a brain teaser! It's like one of those paraducks!