Comments on: The AP & Dr. Hawks Respond

By: jodzilla

jodzilla — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:14:07 +0000

Am I reading this right? Did he actually compare cryptozoology to creationism? If so, what an idiot!!!

By: sschaper

sschaper — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:20:12 +0000

Apparently Hawks isn’t a very decent person, and wants people to know that. OK, now they do. Hopefully, he won’t be working for a land-grant university from now on, as he doesn’t intend to meet the requirements for those organizations in the Northwest Ordinance.

By: DWA

DWA — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:37:18 +0000

There’s a poll on AOL.

As of the time I checked in:

Do you think the [BFRO] team may find something? Yes, there is a chance – 52%

Do you think Bigfoot exists, or ever existed? Yes – 65%

The results of the first question may be lower because of a continuing misperception that the critter is unique to the Pacific Northwest, of course. But more than half.

Over 31,000 responded to each question. And I think it’s quite a stretch, given the nature of the numbers, to say that only cryptonuts vote on stuff like this. I’ve voted on more than one of these when the topic wasn’t really something I cared that much about.

This is why I think it’s a legitimate question, despite the naysay braying that goes on in much of the mainstream press: does a majority of the American public, in fact, think the animal may be real?

I’ve never held more hope for the so-called wisdom of the electorate.

By: Bob K.

Bob K. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:48:05 +0000

John Hawks is typical of the play it safe, go along, get along, get yer tenure crowd. Sure, an education can help you aquire knowledge, but only God-and life-can impart wisdom. In short: the halls of academia are quite often patrolled by educated fools.