On the general condition, and the need for the reanimation of Mr. Clarence Darrow
Maybe soon we can just clone him, but something’s gotta be done soon. The county where the Scopes trial took place almost 80 years ago wants to codify homosexuality as a crime against nature (via dph). In other news, the county commissioners are also seeking a mix of private and public funding to develop Ig’nantWorld, a family-oriented theme park where the main attraction will be a intricate system of levers, pulleys, blinds and sundials which are used to prove that the sun does in fact revolve around the earth. There will also be a plethora of fun carnival games like Queer Shoot and Dunk-A-Heathen.
Today’s proceedings are inane, but y’all know nothing gets my blood boiling like creationism. I could rant for hours, but anything I could say about it is said better in Inherit The Wind, though the actual trial proceedings have moments of beauty as well:
DARROW: What do you think?
BRYAN: I do not think about things I don’t think about.
DARROW: Do you think about things you do think about?
BRYAN: Well, sometimes.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that’s William Jennings Bryan, three-time Democratic nominee for President (1896, 1900, 1908). His legacy lives on today.
evan :: Mar.18.2004 :: Notions :: No Comments »