by "Precision" <precision@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 18, 2008 at 06:25 PM
"buck2thrice" <buck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:482d9788$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Precision wrote:
>> My question:
>>
>> What is the movie's main point?
>>
>> My comments:
>>
>> As for the question of firing somebody for dissenting views, in an
amoral
>> capitalist economy the value of labor is measured by perceived supply
and
>> demand (just like everything else).
>
> You've made the mistake of believing that ANYONE was fired for their
> views!
>
> Seriously - check out www.expelledexposed.com and you'll see that this
> isn't the case at all!!
>
> The biggest example they use was the "firing" of Richard Sternberg.
> They claim he was fired for publi****ng an article which questioned
> evolution... Not only was he NOT fired, but he never had a job there!
> He was an unpaid research associate - not an employee. He volunteered
> to be editor for 3 years and resigned when his term was about to expire.
>
> Having already resigned he then published an un-peer reviewed article
> in the "Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wa****ngton". This is
> an absolute no-no in science as every relevant science paper HAS TO be
> peer reviewed to be taken seriously.
>
> He didn't have a job to lose, but he did have an office - which he was
> allowed to keep BTW.
>
> The whole "firing" story is a bold faced lie!
>
> Don't believe the BS expelled is trying to propagate...
If what you're saying is true, then expelled is an example of the worst
form
of yellow journalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism)
in
modern times...
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