Sunday, March 20, 2005
The Good, The Bad, And The Really Ugly...
Again, I am writing Saturday night in anticipation of a Sunday morning posting. News for Terri is excellent regarding movement in the federal legislature, but as I have suspected the pace of news is slower than the last few days. Just a few comments of a more general nature.
First is this headline from FOXNews:
In related news, Hugh Hewitt links to an NYTimes piece about one of the authors of the Gronigen Protocol. Hugh does a great job of fisking the guy's God complex. I want to address this quote
I confessed yesterday to my struggles with my Grandfather's Alzheimer's. In that post I said that it was empathy with the Grandfather that kept me from doing the deed. What does that say? -- It says that in the end purposefully causing the death of an individual is about relieving my burden and my suffering, not the burden and suffering of the afflicted individual. Phrases like, "I can't bear to watch it," or "We have to move on with our lives," are commonly heard in situations like this.
In the end this is narcissism dressed up as mercy. What did we learn from Watergate and Rathergate? It's not the crime it's the cover-up. At least Hitler did not compound his atrocities by claiming mercy for the Jews.
First is this headline from FOXNews:
Schiavo Story Pits Faith Against ScienceHogwash, GARBAGE, MALARKY, NONSENSE, *&^%%^$&^%$)(()*! There is a difference between science and empiricism. As the Fox story points out, people do sometimes recover from situations that doctors feel are hopeless. Science would mean they know what's going on. The best they can do is play the odds -- empiricism. And the "faith" that people have is in something a bit more substantial than a hope of recovery -- Can you say, "Jesus?"
In related news, Hugh Hewitt links to an NYTimes piece about one of the authors of the Gronigen Protocol. Hugh does a great job of fisking the guy's God complex. I want to address this quote
For his efforts to end what he calls their unbearable and incurable suffering...I did not finish the sentence in the quote because it tries to build sympathy for this guy. But here is the problem -- How does death end the suffering? In reality it is little more than a grand and horrific form of denial.
I confessed yesterday to my struggles with my Grandfather's Alzheimer's. In that post I said that it was empathy with the Grandfather that kept me from doing the deed. What does that say? -- It says that in the end purposefully causing the death of an individual is about relieving my burden and my suffering, not the burden and suffering of the afflicted individual. Phrases like, "I can't bear to watch it," or "We have to move on with our lives," are commonly heard in situations like this.
In the end this is narcissism dressed up as mercy. What did we learn from Watergate and Rathergate? It's not the crime it's the cover-up. At least Hitler did not compound his atrocities by claiming mercy for the Jews.
