From: Dan Glover (daneglover@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 28 2004 - 17:37:15 BST
Hello everyone
>From: gav <gav_gc@yahoo.com.au>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>Subject: Re: MD immoral irony?????
>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:22:08 +1000 (EST)
>
>hey dan,
>
> > Hi Gav
> >
> > I tend to go with whatever the dictionary says. Go
> > to dictionary.com and
> > type in "race" and you'll find 17 definitions, some
> > of which pertain to
> > biology.
>
>from dictionary.com:
>race (2 biological definitions):
>"1.An interbreeding, usually geographically isolated
>population of organisms differing from other
>populations of the same species in the frequency of
>hereditary traits.
>2.A race that has been given formal taxonomic
>recognition is known as a subspecies.
>A breed or strain, as of domestic animals."
>
>okay. definition 1 doesn't cut it because the
>differentiation of races is essentially arbitrary
>(what frequencies exactly?). and of course
>geographical isolation is no longer the case.
>
>defn 2. is a social classification (formal taxonomic
>recognition).
>
>so.... 'race' is not a biologically useful term.
>
>and socially....well we've covered that.
>
>so: case closed (?)
Hi Gav
As I said in my post to Horse, I prefer "lineage." But we can consider the
case closed. I'll concede that race is not a biologically useful term in
most cases.
Thank you for your comments.
Dan
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