re: #69 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy hyperbole, Batman!

How is that hyperbole, FBV? I am just saying that the attack on science bothers in ways that the terrorists do not. I’ve seen the terrorists in action. It is no fun to be caught in an ambush in Iraq but I definitely know what to do with terrorists when they come within range. In a way, as terrifying as it is, this is almost comfortingly straightforward at a psychological level. I don’t know what to do to fight off the luddites, not with the same level of certainty at any rate.
They aren’t chopping off heads just yet but we can’t afford to wait until their efforts reach their full effect, an effect that has fully matched any horror in history when it went unopposed in the past.