Somewhere in our discussions of the Kitzmiller case, I gave a link to the
U. Chicago Law Faculty Blog.  If you haven't had a chance to check out Alex
Altschuler's post about the case on the U. Chicago blog, it's an
interesting read, for Altschuler's perspective but even more so for the
commentary that followed it.  I made a few comments critical of the
decision similar to those I made here (agreeing with Altschuler), but
instead of reasonable discussion like we've had on this list, I was called
a liar, an idiot, and all sorts of scatalogical terms like "dpoopderbeck."
It's so disgusting and discouraging that our culture can't seem to handle
serious discussions about faith, reason, science, policy and religion
without stuff like "liar" and "dpoopderbeck" popping up.  And both sides do
this.  Maybe the internet / blog medium is making this problem worse.