Free Copy of Special Edition Origin of the Species???

Turtwig

I was considering including this in the evolution thread (or the losing faith in humanity..), but if this doesn't count as <insert nastiest word possible here> propaganda then I don't really know what does anymore..

For those of you too lazy to watch the video, it's basically about the free distrubtion of a 'modified' copy of Darwin's good book with the added inclusions of his idea directly influencing Hitler, Darwin being anti-feminist,racist and atheist and his theory being full of holes...
What irks me the most though, is that the vid was an appeal to the vulnerable to fund this propaganda...:mad:


Having said that, I think a free book is nice : just remember to rip out the sh1t at the beginning.;)
(Any chance of a distribution in the Irish Universities?)

AtomicHorror

Or, you know, you could just download the full original text without Ray Facepalm's catastrophic misunderstandings of very basic science included.

http://publicliterature.org/pdf/otoos610.pdf

You could even import it into word and give it a fancy olde worlde fonte. Then print it out and get it bound at the Thesis centre or something. That's gotta look better than this crap. Or if that's too much hassle, the book can be found in many second hand bookstores for basically no money at all. Comes complete with a well-worn, academic look. Hell, I'm pretty brand new copies a dirt cheap.

Helix

bought it on amazon for like €1.20 recently

still not gotten round to reading it

monosharp

Shouldn't this be in Christianity ? Seems to be a religion vs evolution issue, not an atheism issue.

eoin5

monosharp wrote: »

Shouldn't this be in Christianity ? Seems to be a religion vs evolution issue, not an atheism issue.

Its better here than any specific religion.

AtomicHorror

monosharp wrote: »

Shouldn't this be in Christianity ? Seems to be a religion vs evolution issue, not an atheism issue.

What so we can have J C gurning and punctuating all over it?

monosharp

AtomicHorror wrote: »

What so we can have J C gurning and punctuating all over it?

Actually I'm wondering what their view of this would be, support it or not.

I think its disgusting actually, to deface someones work and add your own propaganda.

maskofsanity

You nailed it on the head there monosharp.

What they are doing is disgraceful :mad:

Flamed Diving

Sad, just sad. If there is a God, they are going to hell.

monosharp

Surely theres something people can do ? Isn't Dawkins or any academics making any statement about this ?

maskofsanity

You know what. Its defamation of character to associate Darwin with hitler. I dont know if they can get called on that considering he passed but its slanderous either way...

ShooterSF

Does this mean I can re-write the bible with added humour? I'd assume it's considered out of copyright by now as it's more than what 70 years old?

MrPudding

ShooterSF wrote: »

Does this mean I can re-write the bible with added humour? I'd assume it's considered out of copyright by now as it's more than what 70 years old?

I reckon it is funny enough on its own without a re-write....

MrP

ShooterSF

MrPudding wrote: »

I reckon it is funny enough on its own without a re-write....

MrP

How about a sci-fi version where Jesus shoots laser beams out of his eyes?

MrPudding

And rides dinos? Oh wait...

MrP

Zillah

Heard about this before. Reprehensibly insidious.

AtomicHorror

monosharp wrote: »

Surely theres something people can do ? Isn't Dawkins or any academics making any statement about this ?

PZ Myers brought it up a few weeks back. Not sure what anyone can do other than express disdain.

MrPudding

monosharp wrote: »

Actually I'm wondering what their view of this would be, support it or not.

I think its disgusting actually, to deface someones work and add your own propaganda.

When you look at the way they take quotes out of context, or selectively quote small extracts to give the appearance of the auther supporting their belief, I tihnk it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

MrP

Flamed Diving

AtomicHorror wrote: »

PZ Myers brought it up a few weeks back. Not sure what anyone can do other than express disdain.

I think the best they can do is to not give it any free publicity.

Antbert

A stupid question that would no doubt be answered if I had headphones with me and could watch the video, but where is it being distributed for free?

Not that any answer will make me any less sickened.

I also agree that people shouldn't speak out against it unless it gets significant publicity on its own.

Zombrex

"It exposes the unscientific belief that nothing created everything"

Which has got what exactly to do with Neo-Darwinian biological evolution ...

dvpower

ShooterSF wrote: »

How about a sci-fi version where Jesus shoots laser beams out of his eyes?

Ah c'mon. That'd be ridiculous.



... oh, wait.

Turtwig

For you Sir Wicknight:p

Obni

"...with a special condemnation by Richard Dawkins."

That's got to be the best for a book promo ever!

eoin5

Malty that video shows us atheists as mostly a polite bunch. I'd probably tell him where to go for asking stupid questions.

AtomicHorror

Flamed Diving wrote: »

I think the best they can do is to not give it any free publicity.

Disagree. Comfort and co. were hoping to sneak this one into the colleges, just as they've been trying to sneak this BS into schools for decades. Make some noise. Say no, get away, tell an adult.

bnt

Jerry Coyne is not happy about it, either. I'll be surprised if RD doesn't say something, I just suspect he's going to do it properly e.g. at the AAI Convention this weekend, or on Bill Maher's Real Time show on Friday.

Turtwig

bnt wrote: »

Jerry Coyne is not happy about it, either. I'll be surprised if RD doesn't say something, I just suspect he's going to do it properly e.g. at the AAI Convention this weekend, or on Bill Maher's Real Time show on Friday.

I really need to get that guy's book,some of his writing is amazing.