js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) (05/16/84)
<Eat this line. Make my day.> A recent article in this newsgroup stated that many conservatives felt that the teaching of 'anti-creationism' in public schools contributed to moral decay, or something like that. (I'm doing this from memory, so please don't flame me if I've misremembered something.) I'm interested in finding out if anyone out there really believes this, and if so, what kind of casual connection they perceive between the two. Also, I think that 'anti-creationism' is a really interesting term. We could use it as a pattern for new terms for other subjects, like 'anti-flat_earthism' (geography), 'anti-newtonianism' (relativity). At a relatively small cost (just a few extra letters), we get a term which is nicely loaded with negative connotations. Of course, some netusers may want to use logic, or some other similar theory, in their debate entries, but those who like to appeal to emotionalism instead may find these anti-words useful. Anti-disrespectfully submitted, Jeff Sonntag