Randomly flipping through channels last night I came across an anti-evolution screed hosted by Kirk Cameron. I learned all kinds of stuff such as that Darwin was a racist and believing in evolution makes you one too. They also tried to book an airline flight for an orangutan and showed that since the airlines wouldn’t let apes ride in the cabin that they are not the same as humans. The best part however, was when they brought an orangutan to lunch and it behaved rather badly (much like my nephew did when he was three). The conclusion was that this showed that man did not evolve from apes and that humans and apes are different SPECIES altogether. WTF?
Kirk: please go home, stay in your closet, and shut the fuck up!
Ah, well, in the 80’s he “mattered” as a cheesy but inconsequental actor. Now, there are a small, sad, but not insiginfigent % of the population who thinks he matters of issues of the origin of man and the nature of god.
Didn’t Kirk star in the film adaptation of the Left Behind books? Maybe the constant exposure to that dreck rotted his brain and left him incapable of rational thought?
Wait, which one was he? Was he one that show with Valerie Harper? Or was he the one that became a porn star after “Mr. Belvedere” was cancelled? Or did he get arrested for beating up a midget? Man, I can’t keep all the failed teenage '80s actors straight; all I remember is Sean Penn playing a variety of coked-up losers and the endless arguments over which of the Coreys was more annoying.
Ya know, every time I think it would have been cool to be a celebrity, all I have to do is lookatthemnow and I’m happy with anominity. I do sometimes find myself wondering what happened to Jami Gertz, though.
Meanwhile, Cameron adds his expertise to the anti-evolution camp. He sure does them a credit, especially that business with the orangutan. :rolleyes:
I recently visited the orangutan habitat at the Seattle Zoo. There were a couple of young females quietly observing the humans. One was interested in the fact that a visitor was sketching her and seemed to be posing. In the background was a larger, juvenile male who was lazing in a hammock being fussed over by his mother - just like a human mom who indulges her adult son and won’t consider kicking him out the door to find a job.
This conclusively proves Darwin was right. Or whatever.
The sad thing is that the morons he caters to will fall to his inescapable logic… or lack thereof.
One day science programs will be able to use completely entertaining simpleminded ways to demonstrate complicated truths. Until then the idiots will continue to over run the air waves with their moronic visions of the world.
From what I understand it happened way before that. While on the set of Silver Spoons, he was an insufferable jerk to cast and crew. At one point he had a very public row with his parents. Essentially, he was a spoiled brat who couldn’t handle success. Then one day he realized that he was all full of Satan, and changed his ways. To the extreme. He found the light, and spread it like so much dung among his fellow cast members.
At least that’s what I remember of the story. I could be dead wrong.
Is it my imagination, or do he and his partner look like gay porn stars? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Too bad they didn’t lock him in with the chimp. Then he would have seen both the glories of evolution(i.e. bigger brain vs. superior muscle) AND whether his particular God exists. See, two questions solved!
