Harry:
And today's International Herald Tribune reports 83% of US population
waant so-called "Creation Science" taught in public schools, though 79%
generously agree to the teaching of biology and palaeontology as well...
What has happened to the Land of the Free?
Patrick
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Harold Needham wrote:
> Achtung!
>
> Ja, ve haf to protect ze younk minds from zis Entartete Kunst, just like ve
> did in ze good oldt days...und heaven help you if you haf on your vebsite
> Entartete Musik, like Kalman's opera which ve supressed very successfully,
> "Die Herzogin von Chicago". Unfortunately, ve were not zo successful wiz dot
> 3 groschen opera.
>
> 'Bout time for another Scopes monkey trial, good people. Ze mind do boggle
> some. I regret to have to admit that we are seeing instances of the same
> attitude among certain Canadian school boards out west.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: laura dickstein <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:06 AM
> Subject: NYC B of Ed Says No to Museum Web sites???
>
>
> > (Please excuse the cross-posting)
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I had an interesting discussion yesterday with a group of 25 New York City
> > public school teachers. They were telling me that it is very hard for
> them
> > to find the time to get to visit museums. I suggested that they might try
> > to review museum resources on the Internet and was told the following
> > astonishing fact (?): The NYC Board of Education has put up firewalls
> > against museum Web sites. According to this group of teachers, it seems
> > the B of Ed. doesn't want students to have the liberty to access museum
> Web
> > sites because they might contain things that are so-called inappropriate
> > for children. Has anyone else heard this? Is this happening in other
> > communities? If this is the case, this obviously has serious implications
> > for museums.
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
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