Originally posted by DoctorScribblesAs a matter of fact it as the pope who coined the trm "culture of death".
Oh, silly me. I had always just assumed that ivanhoe had created it. I'm surprised to learn that it came directly ex cathedra. Now I wonder if the Pope was also the first to characterize the Wolfpack.
http://www.hli.org/fr_tom_remarks_terri_schiavo.htm
Nyxie
edit : the english history of the term "the wolfpack"
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/icerun/history/
1940: Das Wolfpack
In World War II, the U-boat was again a crucial weapon for the Germans. Early in the war, German U-boats had a great deal of success attacking one ship at a time, but by 1941, merchant ships were organized into convoys and better escort craft were becoming available. The German response was the wolfpack.
The wolfpack was the British-coined name for the coordinated group attacks developed by Adm. Karl Doenitz. The U-boats formed patrol lines, and searched for convoys. One sub would be designated to shadow the convoy, and would signal command. The other boats in the pack would then surround the convoy, strike at the same time, and escape in the chaos.
The U-boats were deadly. The wolfpacks devastated Allied shipping, destroying cargo ships faster than the Allies could build them. Even on the "safe" side of the Atlantic, a German offensive off the U.S. East Coast sank some 397 ships in its first six months. American ships adapted the convoy tactics that had helped the British, and the German subs returned to the North Atlantic in July 1942.
That year was the peak of the U-boats' effectiveness. Allied technology would begin to turn the tide in 1943.
1940-1943: Hunting the hunters
While German wolfpacks ravaged Allied shipping, scientists and engineers on both sides of the Atlantic worked frantically to develop new ways to combat the U-boat.
Originally posted by lucifershammer
I'm not sure who coined the term, but the Pope has used it several times in his speeches and writings.
The terms "Culture of Life" and "Culture of Death" are terms often used in debates about abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, infanticide and the killing of disabled and mentally handicapped people. Please google on them and see how many hits you get.
I didn't coin anything at all.
I was disgusted by the Evening Standard today which printed the headline 'Terry wins right to life' and I just thought to myself, who the hell has 'won' here? How can anyone feel they have come out of this in a 'winning' position?
Apart, of course, from Bush, who seems to be winning his battle to blur the line between state and his own personal religious agenda beyond all recognition.
Originally posted by worldwidewebster
stupid Godbotherers and their right to life drivel-let nature take its course
It is a misunderstanding and a simplification that only "Godbotherers" are pro life.
Please visit:
http://www.mcil.org/mcil/mcil/ndy.htm
http://www.l4l.org/
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/debates/secularist/abortion/roth1.html
Originally posted by Nyxie
As a matter of fact it as the pope who coined the trm "culture of death".
http://www.hli.org/fr_tom_remarks_terri_schiavo.htm
Nyxie
edit : the english history of the term "the wolfpack"
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/icerun/history/
1940: Das Wolfpack
In World War II, the U-boat was again a crucial weapon for the Germans. Early in t ...[text shortened]... s on both sides of the Atlantic worked frantically to develop new ways to combat the U-boat.
..... I hadn't thought of that before, but all right ........ 🙄
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesDrS: "Oh, silly me. I had always just assumed that ivanhoe had created it"
Oh, silly me. I had always just assumed that ivanhoe had created it. I'm surprised to learn that it came directly ex cathedra. Now I wonder if the Pope was also the first to characterize the Wolfpack.
I have explained the term and its origens many times.
Originally posted by lilnicky123Buy a subscription, freeloader.
dont you find it ironic that Bush believes in the right to life yet he attacks Iraq and kills thousands of people. Just a little strange. Ive got a theory. Maybe Bush is a lying scumbag. If anyone wants to oppose me on that speak up.
I saw some crap from Sean Hannity tonight in which he interviewed Kate Adamson. This woman went on and on about how she knew what Terri is going through right now. Hannity who supports replacing the feeding tube (naturally since Bush and his fellow pachyderms are pushing it), regarded the woman's experience as an example of what could happen to Terri.
This made me curious. Were they talking about PVS? I went to Kate's webpage (http://www.katesjourney.com/index.html) to find out for myself. Reading through her story I found this piece of info.
"Kate Adamson is a dynamic, inspirational speaker, brainstem stroke survivor and author." (emphasis mine)
Against long-odds she survived. That's wonderful, but also beside the point. Kate's condition was entirely different from Terri's. She might as well have had a brain tumor for all it related to Terri's situation. Curiously, Kate's problem was a reverse of Terri's. Kate had a functioning cerebral cortex, but a damaged brain stem. This meant Kate had cognitive skills like a functioning adult, but lacked the capability to move her body in order to express herself.
Terri's cerebral cortex is destroyed. She has a functioning brain stem. This allows her to blink, swallow, sleep/wake, and other automatic functions. She cannot think, recognize people, remember herself, or even know that she exists.
My final judgement is that Hannity was engaged in cheap, dishonest journalism (gasp . . . what a shock!), and Kate is a survivor who probably has the right heart but lacks or disregards the precise nature of Terri's case.