Creationist stabs evolutionist after argument

[jgraz]

Family values Down Under

Evolution vs creation row ends in stabbing

A FRUIT-picking trip to southern New South Wales ended in the death of a Scottish backpacker who became embroiled in a bizarre row about creationism and evolution.

English backpacker Alexander Christian York, 33, was today sentenced to a maximum of five years jail for the manslaughter of Scotsman Rudi Boa in January last year.

Mr Boa, 28, died on January 27 after being stabbed by York at the Blowering Holiday Park, near Tumut.

Mr Boa and his girlfriend Gillian Brown arrived in Australia from Scotland at the end of 2005 and went to Tumut to pick fruit as their first port of call on a round the world holiday.

York had been in the country since April 2005.

The Scottish couple and York, neighbours at the caravan park, were becoming friends and spent the night of January 27 drinking at the Star Hotel in Tumut.

However, towards the end of the night, an argument between York and the pair about creationism versus evolution escalated into a shouting match at the pub.

The couple, both biomedical scientists, had been arguing the case of evolution, while York had taken a more biblical view of history.


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,2292...

[Bright Eyes]

1. He only gets 5 YEARS!?

what the fuck....

[Deep13]

13. That's how it is in most of Europe and apparently Australia.

They don't use really long sentences like American courts do. In 1993 in Budapest I watched a defendant get 5 years for murdering his wife.

[skipos]

2. Too bad he doesn't live in Arkansas. Huckabee would work doubletime for a pardon.

If he raped a CLinton cousin, he would DEFINITELY be free.

[BurtWorm]

3. And a more Biblical response to the argument as well, I see.

[ck4829]

4. Right Wing Christian Terrorism is rising up

A group of Jewish friends are assaulted by a Christian gang for not saying "Merry Christmas", and now someone has actually died.

Sad and frightening.

[winter999]

16. Almost as frightening as car-bombs and jets-into-skyscrapers!

[rAVES]

27. too right.. and depleated uranium...

[Judi Lynn]

28. Car bombing was made completely ordinary as far back as the 1960's, in Miami

practised liberally by Cuban "exile" right-wing operatives, and by other right-wing terrorist organizations, like Operation Condor, which was responsible for murders of leftists, and suspected leftists all over Latin America, and for car-bombing a Chilean diplomat, Orlando Letelier, in his car, killing him and his American assistant, Ronnie Moffit, injuring her husband, in broad daylight on the streets of Washington D.C.

Operation Condor slaughtered suspected "leftists." There were C.I.A. people connected to this organization. Some perspective would be an invaluable aid for you.

[piedmont]

5. Or...Night of binge-drinking with strangers ends in tragedy. nt

[tanyev]

6. Who Would Jesus Stab?

[librechik]

7. ...thus demonstrating that there is no evolution

since some folks never come out of the caveman stage.

It must have really bugged him that they were smart and scientists, too. That's the whole root of Gore Hatred--he's a smartypants. And reporters (nowadays) are not smartypants.

[DemBones DemBones]

8. Very sad. Drinking and arguing don't mix well.

There is so much rage in the world today that it's really unsafe to argue with someone in public even when everybody involved is sober.

[winter999]

17. I'd like to argue the point over a few drinks.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. When you can't win on the merits of your argument, go for the low blow.

[L. Coyote]

10. In a nutshell, the Darwinian explanation for human warfare. Killer lives on!

[dmallind]

11. Gotta love that Christian morality. But of course THEY are being persecuted....NT

lkj

[timtom]

34. I get the impression

that YOU are being persecuted.

[aikoaiko]

12. This is just the beginning.....

...every liberal, progressive thinker would do well to arm themselves.

[CT_Progressive]

14. Death to all Christians !!

[Jacobin]

15. This has more to do with being drunk than argument over a topic

[winter999]

19. That's ok. If you look at the posts, religion is being critisized, not the drinking.

[SunDrop23]

18. Onward Christian soldiers...

[flvegan]

20. Which is why all supporters of evolution should have a concealed weapons permit.

One small stab for our 6,000 year old planet, one giant ka-boom! for Darwin.

[B3Nut]

21. Roger that. (eom)

[gatorboy]

22. "He will be eligible for release on January 26, 2009."

Holy Cow.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. He wasn't assaulted because he was an Darwinist.

He was assaulted because he was stupid. Anybody who would challenge a "God created man in his image" from a bunch of strangers in Australia -- with “Fossil evidence, shit heads” -- is not terribly intelligent.

"...A Christian stabbed a guy..." ? Oh, come on. I've never seen a Christian stab a guy. A believer would consider it sacrilege --- and why would a non-believer stab a Darwinist ?

[piedmont]

31. You've been reading that other thread, I see. nt

[Mr_Monday]

24. Survival of the Fittest

[sinkingfeeling]

25. I'm sorry, but this guy killed someone in a drunken argument and he will spend just over one year

in prison? (5 years sentence and eligible for parole in Jan. 2009). I find that shameful. Someone smoking pot gets more time.

[Evoman]

26. reminds me of the end of this cartoon (warning: big cartoon).

[rucky]

29. A biomed-student / creationist / felon

There's a resume for ya.

[The Straight Story]

30. Ban knives!

[jgraz]

32. Yes, especially since all those innocent bystanders were killed by his random stabbing spree

[The Straight Story]

33. Was it a semi-automatic knife or a long blade with more reach?

and did god guide his hand