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Published online 11/25/2007 11:46 PM

Darwin column right

Regarding Alfred Weichers' letter on Russell Steen's column equating Darwinian evolution to Nazism, Weichers should read the history of Nazism and Hitler before he makes such comments.

Contrary to Weichers' claims and in full support of Steen's column, Nazi Germany under the tutelage of Adolph Hitler completely and totally supported the theory of Darwinian evolution as the basis for the superiority of the Aryan race. The Jews were looked down on as early stages of the evolution of the human race and not worthy of the esteemed progression of evolution of the Aryans. It was Hitler's desire to keep the gene pool unpolluted that led him to exterminate the Jews. That is also why no self-respecting Nazi would have sex with a Jew. Remember that Hitler also looked down on the blacks as inferior also.

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Hitler wanted to selectively breed a purer Aryan race, and this was all based on the theory of evolution. This theory also gave him the "authority" to dominate other races. After all, Darwinian evolution is all about "survival of the fittest."

I have been to the museums in Germany that completely document this line of thought and experimentation. There are massive amounts of literature written by the Nazis that document their "proof" of the inferiority of the Jews and the superiority of Aryans. Numerous facial pictures are used to "prove" this evolution along with other data.

Weichers claims that Hitler and the Nazis used "eugenics" and not evolution to justify their deeds. Well, eugenics is merely "the self-direction of human evolution." Sounds like it's still based in Darwinian evolution.

Steen was 100 percent accurate in everything that he said regarding Nazism and Darwinian evolution. Weichers shoots from the hip without any historical evidence to back up his claim and comments: "You'd better make sure that your history is correct." Yes, he should, before making brash, unfounded and false statements about which he seems to know very little.

KIRT R. POOVEY

Little River