Saturday, October 01, 2005

Quote of the Day:

But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky.
Reagan administration education secretary and current radio host Bill Bennett.
(for context, read here)

Update: What is amazing is that some some prominent conservative commentators are standing by Bennett. National Review Online contributor Andrew McCarthy claims Bennett "was right" and calls criticism of Bennett "shameful. The Conservative Voice also offers some scary rationale for Bennett's comment.
The poisonous idea of eugenics is threatening to infect discussions...

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