As we've noted before, there's one element of history where our textbooks aimed at the Christian homeschooling market actually manage to be fairly accurate: for some reason, they're able to discuss wars without bringing very much Godstuff into the discussion. They're happy to sermonize about the run-up to wars, the consequences of wars, and the long-term significance of wars, but somehow, the actual battles and maneuvers don't seek to invoke any divine interventions. And so it is with The Great War: once you're talking about who did what and where, these books are largely indistinguishable from secular textbooks.
It&#039;s almost 10 years old now, but this article Gopnik wrote for <a href="http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/archive\/2004\/08\/23\/040823crat_atlarge" target="_blank">The New Yoker</a> has a great review some of the literature. Culpability for the war has shifted several times; with the centennial approaching, we should expect more.
Point is that the definition of &quot;fittest&quot; in an evolutionary sense has very little to do with who spends most time at the gym. &quot;Better adapted&quot; <em>is</em> the Darwinian definition of fittest, pretty much. Of course the other problem is with the word &quot;survival&quot;. Doesn&#039;t matter if you live 600 years like whoever the hell the Bible no credibly claims, if you don&#039;t procreate you don&#039;t contribute to the gene pool.
Being an Irishman, he probably was <a href="http:\/\/www.justsomelyrics.com\/1326013\/the-fureys-gallipoli-lyrics.html" target="_blank">ambivalent at best</a> about the war.
For the actual troops, I thought WW1 was the worse war but WW2 more than made up for the difference in wholesale civilian slaughter.
And yes, bromine, mustard and others were also deployed. I have a part of my brain that seems to think it was chlorine killed the most though, and it&#039;s definitely the agent that springs most readily to mind when I think of Wilfred Owen&#039;s line &quot;Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!&quot;
As somebody, I don&#039;t remember exactly who, pointed out in a recent essay, &#039;survival of the fittest&#039; is not really accurate or illustrative even in a evolutionary biology context. Rather, evolution &#039;favors the better adapted.&#039; If you MUST think in terms of somebody living and somebody not living, then &#039;non-survival of the least fit&#039; is still better than &#039;survival of the fittest.&#039;
Here in Canada, the city of Berlin changed its name to Kitchener in 1916. The option of keeping the name of Berlin was not included on the referendum ballot, on which less than 10% of the population voted because they were so pissed off. When they sent a 2,000 name petition to keep the name to the Ontario government, they were ignored.
We have an idiot ex-teacher in our area who has done just that. He has dug trenches on his property, and somehow has managed to convince some schools to send groups to &quot;recreate&quot; battles, without the rats, bug-ridden food, bombs exploding overhead, etc. yeah, I&#039;m sure that it&#039;s terribly accurate and educational.
It&#039;s almost 10 years old now, but this article Gopnik wrote for <a href="http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/archive\/2004\/08\/23\/040823crat_atlarge" target="_blank">The New Yoker</a> has a great review some of the literature. Culpability for the war has shifted several times; with the centennial approaching, we should expect more.
Spice is the variety of life...
Remember Balfour. The creation of Israel was a process that began long before anyone outside Austria and Germany had ever heard of Hitler.
(Fourteen points?) The good Lord only had ten! -- Clemenceau
Point is that the definition of &quot;fittest&quot; in an evolutionary sense has very little to do with who spends most time at the gym. &quot;Better adapted&quot; <em>is</em> the Darwinian definition of fittest, pretty much. Of course the other problem is with the word &quot;survival&quot;. Doesn&#039;t matter if you live 600 years like whoever the hell the Bible no credibly claims, if you don&#039;t procreate you don&#039;t contribute to the gene pool.
Being an Irishman, he probably was <a href="http:\/\/www.justsomelyrics.com\/1326013\/the-fureys-gallipoli-lyrics.html" target="_blank">ambivalent at best</a> about the war.
For the actual troops, I thought WW1 was the worse war but WW2 more than made up for the difference in wholesale civilian slaughter.
And yes, bromine, mustard and others were also deployed. I have a part of my brain that seems to think it was chlorine killed the most though, and it&#039;s definitely the agent that springs most readily to mind when I think of Wilfred Owen&#039;s line &quot;Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!&quot;
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As somebody, I don&#039;t remember exactly who, pointed out in a recent essay, &#039;survival of the fittest&#039; is not really accurate or illustrative even in a evolutionary biology context. Rather, evolution &#039;favors the better adapted.&#039; If you MUST think in terms of somebody living and somebody not living, then &#039;non-survival of the least fit&#039; is still better than &#039;survival of the fittest.&#039;
Dok, any idea how many students are getting these books? I hope they&#039;re a small minority.
Suffragette City here we come. Wham, bam, thank you ma&#039;am
George Bernard Shaw&#039;s advice to the troops: &quot;Shoot your officers and go home.&quot;
Here in Canada, the city of Berlin changed its name to Kitchener in 1916. The option of keeping the name of Berlin was not included on the referendum ballot, on which less than 10% of the population voted because they were so pissed off. When they sent a 2,000 name petition to keep the name to the Ontario government, they were ignored.
We have an idiot ex-teacher in our area who has done just that. He has dug trenches on his property, and somehow has managed to convince some schools to send groups to &quot;recreate&quot; battles, without the rats, bug-ridden food, bombs exploding overhead, etc. yeah, I&#039;m sure that it&#039;s terribly accurate and educational.
You&#039;re half right.