[Dialogue] In support of humor

[george]

John, any one knows that god put them bananas in the garden as is,  
and if Eve had any sense she would have left them apples alone.  It's  
those evolutionists that are messing us up, just wait until they find  
them durians.

–george holcombe

On Apr 4, 2006, at 1:44 PM, John Epps wrote:

> Colleagues:
>
> I suspect that in a time when belligerence is the dominant mode of  
> escape (thanks, Wayne, for the reminder), humor is the best weapon,  
> especially against fanatics. Rational arguments won't help. They  
> will help us to clarify our stance, but will not convince anyone to  
> change their mind. So hooray for humor.
>
> And by the way, how can you not believe in evolution and still eat  
> bananas?
>
> John Epps
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