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Simple answers to simple questions
Category: Culture Wars
Posted on: November 16, 2006 10:25 AM, by Josh Rosenau
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...well, unless you're talking in the context of engineering, in which case I'd hope that intelligent design is the norm. (But that kind of id doesn't have capitalizations.)
-Rob
Posted by: Rob Knop | November 16, 2006 12:57 PM
ID proponents can always serve as poster children for birth control.
Posted by: TRACY | November 16, 2006 2:55 PM
Frankly, Josh,
I think you spent way too much time, and words, answering the question.
Posted by: MonkeyHawk | November 16, 2006 3:36 PM