Have we learned nothing from O.J. Simpson?

Bill Maher once said to Ralph Nader, while pleading him not to run for president, "I'm giving this [picture of O.J. Simpson] to remind you that someone can have a lifetime of being considered a hero and then ruin it because of one thing."

The lesson should have been considered this week when comments made by 79 year old DNA science pioneer James Watson got him suspended from his position in the lab he was working in, and his book tour canceled. Basically, he said Africans are less intelligent than westerners, and he went on and on. What he said is being called a disservice to science, and he has been denounced by the The Federation of American Scientists. I don't think he gets to keep the title "Grandfathter of DNA." Nobody says "Heisman Trophy Winner O.J. Simpson" anymore. He can keep the Nobel Prize he won in 1962 for co-discovering the structure of DNA in the same place O.J. Keeps his Heisman, where nobody fucking cares anymore.

Here's what he said:

"inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours — whereas all the testing says not really"
He went on to say in the profile that it would be nice if all groups were equal, but that "people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true."

Old Fart.