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Comment #359397 by rivetheretic
Same as any other far reaching revolution. You're trying to put the French Revolution into our times - the zeitgeist has changed.
Who is to say what they did was not rational according to the thinking of the time (though, methinks it wasn't as it was against God).
I did once think about it - but then I thought of the eugenics movements in Europe and came to the conclusion they mistook Darwin's theories with animal breeding....
Permalink Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:43:00 UTC | #343121