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[pensnest]

Okay, I just… I mean. i don't precisely *admire* our politicians in this country—my own MP, for example, is basically a weasel—but...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/georgia-republican-outlaw-man-made-centaurs-but-leave-the-real-ones-alone/comments/#disqus

People voted for this person to represent them. What?

And this one.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/293718211.html

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[untonuggan]

So in my "Sex and Sexuality in America" class back in Uni, one of the things we talked about was how terrified the Puritans in particular were of human-animal hybrids (which could apparently happen if you were a dude and you masturbated and your sperm went in a river and impregnated a fish or something, or if you engaged in bestiality, or various other things). I think the general term was "monstrous offspring", and clearly people are still worried about this just with a more "mad scientist" flair. Huh.

[pensnest]

Another possibility may be that the guy actually did not know what a centaur *is*. Either way, ignorance is embarrassing!