[WikiEN-l] Challenge: explain NPOV in a sentence.

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sun Aug 13 07:18:14 UTC 2006


Sarah wrote:

>On 8/8/06, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
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>>On Aug 7, 2006, at 10:40 PM, SPUI wrote:
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>>>>Explain NPOV in a sentence.
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>>>"Teach the controversy."
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>>Outstanding!
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>"Teach the controversy"
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_the_Controversy is the name of a
>campaign and strategy fashioned by the [[Discovery Institute]] for
>teaching creationism in schools. Perhaps not quite the image we want
>to associate with. :-)
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The appropriation of a maxim by a group with a very specific Point of 
View should not mean that they have received exclusive rights to the use 
of the term.  I could as easily see it applying to a completely opposing 
perspective.

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