<name witheld> wrote:
>
> Hi, Bill,
>
> I enjoyed perusing your web site.  However, I feel sure that you are not
> going to be able to convince those people with closed minds to  change
> their thinking.  It is too bad that the class is being put on hold, as it
> sounds as if it would have been a good one.  I decided a long time ago
> that it does no good to argue with those who have already made up their
> minds, and sometimes causes conflicts that are damaging to relationships.
>

You're right about changing peoples minds, when the minds are closed...
however, what I hope to do is argue to the 'swing' voter, so to speak:
Those people who are trying to make up their minds.

Also, I would hope that the decision makers in the school district would
have 'open minds'  however, that doesn't seem to be the case.   The
science department was basically told that evolution was 'too
controversial' and 'belonged at the college level anyway', both
statements are (in my opinion) incorrect.

As far as damaging relationships, [my wife] ... is taking some flack from
*her* friends about *my* letters... which is silly.  But at the same
time, I don't want to put her in the position of having to defend me all
the time, so I'm going to tone it down a bit, and back off my
letter-writing campaign... at least for the time being.