"Science" with finger quotes.

[unbibium]

If creationism is being taught in schools in the South, and only men can bake cookies in textbooks nationwide, then perhaps we should start a campaign to get schools to start teaching parallel chemistry curricula.

Right now, our children are being taught that in combustion, material combines with oxygen in the air. But, in the name of fairness, should we not also propose the alternate theory of combustion, that phlogiston is released from flammable objects into the air? And, of course, tell the children to use their own critical thinking facilities to decide for themselves which is true.

Hell, I'm not putting any kids into this system, so why the hell not? But if you are, maybe you should read the book whose review I just linked to.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Phlogiston should probably be regulated by the government. What happens the day some terrorist releases phlogiston in a crowded theater? I tremble at the thought.

[azazelle.livejournal.com]

Oh holy fuckin' ancient, parachuting gawds 0_0
Not that I'm too fond of rosy-cheeked, beponytailed girls in checker-print dresses baking cookies with their mothers, or lovable rascal boys riding their ancient Wigry bikes, but that's truly going overboard. Fuckin' well leave history alone! It's not a pleasant subject and still won't be in 100 years' time, but that's not a reason to castrate the fuck out of it.

No owls? Hey, they're in Harry Potter; why not replace "owls" with "hawks"!