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A cartoon in an American paper, the New York Post, has brought fresh attention to the race problems in some sections of society. The cartoon shows a chimpanzee shot dead by police with a caption apparently referring to the new American President Obama – (edit: although later denied that Obama was the target).  Note from UD Admin:  As has been pointed out in the comments, the chimp in this cartoon was a pet chimp shot by police in Connecticut.  It was never intended to represent Obama or any other human.  The cartoonist was stunned over the uproar.

Where does the idea that human beings are related to apes come from? It comes straight from Darwinism. There is some irony that the left loves both Darwin and Obama, but Darwinism leads to racism and fascism where the African is considered less evolved and closer to apes than the Caucasian. It is time for the left to address honestly the dark side of Darwinism. See this article on the Telegraph.

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JackInhofe is no longer with us.Barry Arrington
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It had NOTHING to do with Obama... It was about how the Stimulus bill was created by so many individuals, and that when they voted on the bill no one person in all the world knew every word that was in it. The monkey represents the Senate and Congress. Obama didn't even write a word of the bill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theoremGods iPod
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Apologise for what? Asking questions and pointing out some home truths to liberals about the origin of racist ideas? OK in the interest of fairness I will amend one line to read. "The cartoon shows a chimpanzee shot dead by police with a caption apparently referring to the new American President Obama - although it was later denied that Obama was the target."Andrew Sibley
February 20, 2009
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Just a reminder, but Obama didn't write the stimuls bill, Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat friends in the House did most of it. FWIW.DonaldM
February 20, 2009
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I do not believe we need this. It just distracts. I'd rather attack the Darwinian paradigm on science because it is pretty weak there on its main claims.jerry
February 20, 2009
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That's it? Period? End of story? Contrary to the evidence? Sounds pretty Darwinian to me.Charlie
February 20, 2009
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They had to publicly "apologize" because that is what you have to do when Al Sharpton & Co. waste everyone's time trying to be the Martin Luther King Jr.'s of the 21st century. King Jr. was/is a hero; Sharpton and others just waste people's time. If they come after you about something, if you don't apologize, then you are permanently labeled a racist plantation driver.uoflcard
February 20, 2009
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Borne, true enough, but Linnaeus took it a step further and classified European man as Homo sapiens europaeus and African man as Homo sapiens afer. the former he said was "ruled by customs" while the latter was "ruled by caprice." See GOuld's "The Misemeasure of Man" for more details of Linnaeus' scientific racism. ps this doesn't make his brilliant system of taxonomy any less valid.Khan
February 20, 2009
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Khan:
"the creationist Carolus Linnaeus, who classified Homo sapiens in the Order Primates."
You're confusing classification of species with origin of species.Borne
February 20, 2009
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3007910Charlie
February 20, 2009
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I can't recall the exact cartoon, but I know I've seen Bush portrayed as a monkey. I don't recall any outrage or racism complaints. There's also this. http://www.bushorchimp.com/Charlie
February 20, 2009
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@1 Too right. It's an indictment of the minds behind the stimulus bill. It's also ugly and not funny. But that doesn't make it racist.Charlie
February 20, 2009
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I thought it had nothing to do with race. Recently, there was a 200-lb pet chimpanzee that had to be shot by police because it was mauling a woman. Just as these political cartoons always have, it was making fun of a current event. I don't think the ape was supposed to represent Barack Obama in anyway. They would have to be incredibly ignorant to have that much hate, and really, really dumb to put out something that obvious.uoflcard
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Where does the idea that human beings are related to apes come from?
the creationist Carolus Linnaeus, who classified Homo sapiens in the Order Primates.Khan
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