Thursday, March 8, 2007

Pluto a Planet Again...Kind Of

This article while not interesting to read, is a hilarious thing to be doing. The state of new Mexico apparently objected to Pluto being demoted to dwarf planet, and has now passed legislature declaring that it is a planet. They've even declared March 13th to be Pluto Planet Day. How insane are these people? Declaring that Pluto is a planet does not make it one. At least when tomatoes were legally declared vegetables there were import tax reasons for the decision. Pluto's status does not effect anything so logical. In fact, it does not really matter what type of planet Pluto is. What I find funniest about this action on the part of New Mexico is that it achieves absolutely nothing. this is not going to make scientists suddenly reverse their decision. All New Mexico did was make a legislative protest, and in so doing, they made themselves look ridiculous.

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