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"Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:23:19 +0000, Lemming wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:56:09 GMT, "Bill Huffman" <bhuffma1@san.rr.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"me@home.com" <jan.deinhard@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:1131563304.371934.186430@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>> Bill Huffman wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > People claiming a degree from a real school that was never received
is
> >>> > probably more common than Derek Smart's kind of academic fraud where
he
> >>> > claims a degree that was apparently purchased from a diploma mill.
> >>>
> >>> Well, is it legal to purchase a degree in the US? I'm pretty sure it
is
> >>> illegal in germany. It is real fraud here. Not just an immoral act.
> >>> Same with plagiarism.
> >>
> >>I don't think that it is illegal to purchase or print up a bogus diploma
> >>anyplace in the USA. It is illegal to use a bogus degree to defraud
someone
> >>anywhere in the USA. However, that is covered under the general
fraudulent
> >>behavior laws, which are much more difficult to enforce. It is illegal
to
> >>use  unaccredited  degrees in about nine states. This number is growing.
For
> >>example seven years ago it was illegal to use an unaccredited degree in
only
> >>one state, Florida. The residental state of my favorite fraud, Derek.
> >
> > I'm thinking of starting a University in the USA specialising in
> > Intelligent Design.  Two year course, run over two one-week semesters
> > which abler students may, if they wish, combine into one year.  I
> > might even offer a correspondence version if there is enough demand.
> >
> > Basically the syllabus will consist of teaching thee students to say
> > "Stephen J Gould believed in Intelligent Design" without laughing.  I
> > think it's a winner;  all my market research suggests that the kind of
> > people who would want such a certificate are exactly the who would be
> > prepared pay for it.
>
> Sounds like a winner.  However, you'll probably want to avoid Dover,
> Pennsylvania.
>
> "DOVER, Pa. - Voters came down hard Tuesday on school board members who
> backed a statement on intelligent design being read in biology class,
> ousting eight Republicans and replacing them with Democrats who want the
> concept stripped from the science curriculum."
>
> http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/34828.html
>
> I guess we're not completely beyond hope.  Yet.

I'm stunned. Bret showing hope in his fellow Americans. I must say, Bret,
such an outlandish position being taken would seem to indicate that I've
misread your post. I've reread it multiple times but still can't understand
what I'm misunderstanding?