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Leanan on December 9, 2005 - 11:16am

Yes, and the reason is the "free market." Textbook publishers must cater to the religious right, or lose a huge chunk of marketshare. Basically, if Texas won't buy the books, it's not profitable to publish them. So even communities where evolution is widely accepted find their choices limited.

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step back on December 9, 2005 - 12:26pm

The "Invisible Hand" is once again providing the magical, optimal solution for all of us. In our society, greed-for-profits trumps over any notion of truth, justice and honor. The bottom line is therfore, that our system of free-for-all self-governance (the Adam Smith approach) forces us to swallow stupidity (Creationalism, Intelligent Drugsign) and to smile as we do it.

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