And the Beat(-Down) Goes On

It’s harder and harder being an IDiot these days.

Humans and fruit flies share the same genes.

“You may not like that but it’s not my fault,” Kroto, 68, said in front of the state Capitol on Monday.

“It’s the way it actually is.”

The Kroto, above, is Nobel laureate Harold Kroto, speaking out against proposed legislation allowing “teachers” to challenge Darwinian evolution in Florida school science classes. Kroto’s distress over the encroachment of religion into scientific education is is a combination of outrage and dismay:

“We’re the laughingstock of the enlightened world,” Kroto said.

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“As far as I’m concerned, it’s an abuse of position not to teach science correctly to children,” Kroto said. “Today they don’t need to know how anything works. The technology is so good if something breaks they get it fixed. There’s a large number of kids probably prepared to accept something without being too careful.

Kroto comes dangerously close to labeling faith-based “science” as child abuse. I reckon we’ll see open and widespread declarations in this regard soon and, frankly, it’s about time. How else can you label the conscious deception of the most naïve minds?

In other IDiocy News, it looks like the makers of the fucktarded Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed are facing yet another controversy: Yoko Ono’s pissed that her late husband’s “Imagine” was used in the film without permission.

…according to a lawyer for Ms. Ono, the filmmakers did not have permission to use the song, for any amount of money.

Ms. Ono’s lawyer, Jonas Herbsman, of Shukat, Arrow, Hafer, Weber & Herbsman, said in an interview Wednesday: “It was not licensed.” With respect to the filmmakers, he says: “We are exploring all options.” It is not clear what remedies if any may be available to Ms. Ono.

While Yoko’s pressure on the B-52′s to remove her own song, “Don’t Worry”, from their Whammy! album was very much a jerk move, one can’t help but cheer her on in this battle. The gall of the filmmakers, to lift a song with the lyrics “Imagine no religion”!

Another song from the film, “All These Things That I’ve Done”, by the Killers, apparently was properly licensed. I never liked them anyway.