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Actually, survival of the fittest only removes traits that are likely to cause death prior to breeding. If it does not prevent breeding, then it will not go away, whether it's used or not. Just the same, it doesn't inspire new mutations that add or remove parts. All that we can really suppose on this, is that the dumb chickens breed more than the smart chickens.

Seriously. We're talking about a creature whose behavior fails to change, after its head has been removed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATz3AdbjyRI
http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

One chicken was able to live without a head. I say let Ballmer and Gates go and let the inmates run the asylum.

Chickens are the dumbest animals on the planet. They can live for weeks without a head! And you just got modded +5 for a post in which you claim chickens are intelligent, of all things.

Gawd, how lucky can anyone be.

Next thing you know, you and a bunch of NFL cheerleaders will be the only survivors on the whole world of a comet strike on Earth.

I'm waiting for meat animals without heads or brains

So you're waiting for Mike, the Headless Chicken. Don't know how pleasant life without a head really was for the critter.

Or if your Windows installation is anything like Mike The Headless chicken, it can run for 18 months! http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.htm Of course, if it's anything like mine, it'll run for 30 seconds as well.

That IS an objective fact-based introduction to the article: That statement is complete and accurate regarding what the law was meant to do.

Now even if you can say this is biased, is it a left-wing bias or a right-wing bias? Today, both hardcore conservatives and liberals seem to agree that the preservation of the Bill of Rights is a Bad Idea, because the preservation of civil liberties allows the other side to interfere with their agenda. And the hardcore left and right, by definition, don't want a fair fight. This law was brought into being by a Democratic president and supported by both parties. Is it left-wing to want to protect children from pornographers, or is it right-wing? I'd say it's neither. It makes sense; most people don't want their kids easily able to download porn. It's just that COPA and laws like it is like going on a diet by cutting off your head to keep you from eating. Yeah, it'll keep you from eating, all right... Unless you're Mike the Headless Chicken (White House Bound in 2004).

Even if you could prove that the placement of this statement at the beginning of the article somehow implied a bias, and you could demonstrate the bias one way or the other, a single excerpt does not illustrate a trend. So far this slashdot thread is filled with people who seem to have bought their own "Jump to Conclusions Mat." One story does not equal bias. Outside of legitimate research, you're not going to be able to demonstrate bias.

I even saw a guy bragging that he dumped a friend simply because the friend watched Fox News. "Stop disagreeing with me, or I won't be your friend any more!" What kind of childish bullshit is that? If you only listen to people who agree with you, it's the intellectual equivalent of giving yourself a lobotomy. If you're afraid of any facts that might undermine your precious beliefs, you're as bad as those nut-cases at The Institute for Creation Research.

The immaturity evidenced by the highly-moderated posts on this thread is astonishing.

Mike the Headless Wonder Chicken will destroy you all! How did you think you could beat him? He will reign supreme!!!

Sites promoting gun use are available, including Colt,Browning and the National Rifle Association. But prominent gun safety organizations are blocked, including the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Safer Guns Now and the Million Mom March.

I'm glad to see that someone is looking after our children.. Just keep em away from information about sex, chess and PopeAliens..