I reported a while back that the University of Wyoming geology museum was in danger of extinction: it has been pulled back from the brink by a generous private donation of over half a million dollars, with matching funds from the state. I don't like to see significant public institutions' survival depending on the whim of individuals, but we take what we can get, and are grateful for it.
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The Prophet has changed in the past few centuries. Don't be confused, Pharynguthreadlians, omnipotent beings have their whims.
Prior to my journey to the University of Maryland last week, I mentioned to my classes that I would be seeing Richard Dawkins speak. On a whim, I asked how many of them had heard of Dawkins. I have about sixty students in three courses this term. The number who raised their hands? Six.
Our country seems to have killed at least a million Iraqis at the whim of George W. Bush and his cabal of neocons.
Laws are only words written on paper, words that change on society's whim and are interpreted differently daily by politicians, lawyers, judges, and policemen. Anyone who believes that all laws should always be obeyed would have made a fine slave catcher.