tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post2147552735047169832..comments2024-03-04T05:55:35.225-05:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Judgment Day for PBSMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-59423920011124908892007-11-19T16:05:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:05:00.000-05:00In hindsight, part of my first comment is probably...In hindsight, part of my first comment is probably due to the fact that I'm a lawyer by training, and tend to see things in a certain perspective. To my view, the show pretty much recapitulated the evidence as presented. It is perhaps not the best format for teaching what the controversy was really about. Point conceded.<BR/><BR/>As to whether it is unfortunate that ID was represented by a bunch kehrsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171116260744108226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-64552563527893492112007-11-18T20:56:00.000-05:002007-11-18T20:56:00.000-05:00Kurt,Thanks for your post. I think I address the ...Kurt,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your post. I think I address the first point in your comment in my post going up tomorrow morning: The program was not, for the most part, a documentary on the issues of ID as a whole, but a documentary about the trial. But a significant chunk of the program was, in fact, an extended treatment of the issue outside of the context of the trial, and that part was Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-3731176775863442302007-11-17T12:52:00.000-05:002007-11-17T12:52:00.000-05:00Excellent discussion, Martin, both here and over a...Excellent discussion, Martin, both here and over at <I>Dispatches</I>. You are, however, making two major errors.<BR/><BR/>First, the program was not a documentary about evolution and ID: It was about a trial involving those issues. Not the same thing, as I'm sure you see. For this reason, the narrative structure of the show is different from what you wanted to see, but it is the correct kehrsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171116260744108226noreply@blogger.com