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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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 Posted - 08/27/2003 : 23:47:26
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Up here in the Great White North, specifically Ontario (no, not the wannabe in California...) we have a large, beautiful, and world-renowned provincial park called Algonquin, named after a native tribe that has inhabited the area for millenia. They have a publication called ‘The Raven', a visitor's newsletter published by a group known as The Friends of Algonquin Park. I don't know who wrote the article for Volume 44, Number 9, August 14, 2003, but I intend to find out and offer them some words of encouragement. Here is a quote from the first paragraph;
“Of all the living things on our planet, our species has some truly outstanding abilities. One that we can be especially proud of is being able to use clues from the present to reconstruct events in the past. Examples include Charles Darwin deducing the fact of evolution and then formulating a powerful theory to explain it, thus laying the very foundation of our modern understanding of life.”
Excellent! Someone who not only understands words such as ‘theory' and ‘fact', but also isn't afraid to use them and damn the opposition. I don't know if they've received any flak over it, but they have my unwavering support.
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You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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