Abuses of Science Political Cartoon Contest

AngryNick writes "The Union of Concerned Scientists has announced a cartoon contest for amateur and professional artists. 'The absurdity of political interference in science is fertile ground for satire,' said Dr. Francesca Grifo, Director of the UCS Scientific Integrity Program. 'We hope these contests encourage amateur and professional cartoonists alike to express concern--through humor and art--about the impact of the abuse of science on our safety, health and environment.' A celebrity judge panel will select twelve finalists and the public will then choose the Grand Prize winner. The winner will receive a host of prizes, including $500 and an all-expenses-paid trip to have lunch with the celebrity judge of his or her choice. You can read Contest details, sample topics and the list of celebrity judges."

Comments

Re:No Politics?

[Illbay]

Nazism was not "Christian," and you won't be able to find any evidence of that (aside from some website run by such as yourself, making yet more undocumented claims to that effect).

Nazis were SOCIALISTS, and to the extent they had any religion other than the state, they practiced mysticism--more akin to today's "wicca" than anything else.

So your assumptions, being false, make your entire premise invalid.

On top of that, they don't even address the question as to whether science ought to operate without any constraints of religion or morality. This is what the Nazis believed. Eugenics is demonstrably correct. You can, indeed, "improve" human beings the same way you can livestock.

The question is, ought that to be allowed?

This is the notion that people like you will ALWAYS side-step.

Re:It's not a religion 'till someone dies.

[Anonymous Coward]

He gives the example of people dying (I assume he means from malaria) because of the ban on DDT.

It's the malaria that's killing them, not the ban on DDT. Stupid.