Ethics

Dumbass Quote of the Week

By Ed Brayton

From Ben Shapiro at, unsurprisingly, the Worldnutdaily:

Human equality must spring from a Creator, because the presence of a soul is all that makes man human and equal. Biology suggests inherent inequality - who would call Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stephen Hawking equal in any way? Biology suggests the sort of Hegelian social Darwinism embraced by totalitarian dictators, not the principles of equality articulated by the Founding Fathers.

This is your pinata. Here's your stick. Swing away.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 21, 2008 (boomark / email).