tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post5846877605820914173..comments2024-03-18T02:22:56.392-04:00Comments on Disgusted Beyond Belief: Even NPR Toes the Wingnut Line - We Are DoomedDBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-36675171102816650542011-05-30T09:44:56.001-04:002011-05-30T09:44:56.001-04:00Jeezz and I thought I had doomsday thoughts!! ;) ...Jeezz and I thought I had doomsday thoughts!! ;) Nice to be not alone...Krystyn41https://www.blogger.com/profile/12657250031094289605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-31389764333462453092010-11-19T07:10:11.521-05:002010-11-19T07:10:11.521-05:00Larry - can you have a revolution of one?Larry - can you have a revolution of one?DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-16308745999968631172010-11-19T07:00:38.525-05:002010-11-19T07:00:38.525-05:00Torture is torture. Changing it to a eumphism SOL...Torture is torture. Changing it to a eumphism SOLELY because, after decades of using that word, without controversy, to describe it - suddenly ONE side starts advocating it, is pure bullshit. <br /><br />Abortion is not accurately described by "fetus killing" because there doesn't have to even be a fetus to abort. If you abort early, you are aborting simply a fertilized egg, or a zygote. So it is also "egg killing" and "zygote killing". What it is not is "baby killing". What does tie all of it together is "pregnancy" - but you can't "kill" a pregnancy, you can end it. So the most technically correct term is "pregnancy ending". <br /><br />"Fetus killing" as a term is thus not technically accurate and so to use it is to use an innaccurate term for emotional reasons. Though frankly, I don't care if that term is used (when accurate). <br /><br />Torture, on the other hand, was the word used to describe what is torture for decades - centuries - right up until George W. Bush started advocating that we do it. Then suddenly, an entirely new phrase, never before used to describe it, was created and then adopted by ALL news organizations to describe it. Sounds to me like pretty effective propeganda, it sounds like all of the media took Bush's side on the issue, and it sounds like an utterly worthless media as far as reporting the truth.DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-35331679276366488212010-11-18T23:07:48.621-05:002010-11-18T23:07:48.621-05:00Calling it "torture" isn't particula...Calling it "torture" isn't particularly taking SIDES, and it is an accurate word.<br /><br />Similarly, calling abortion "fetus killing" isn't taking a SIDE, and it's an accurate description. <br /><br />But I can see why a journalistic organization would choose to avoid the emotionally-laden terms, in these instances. Can't you?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160061641869302097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-51587261712751000012010-11-18T21:41:45.981-05:002010-11-18T21:41:45.981-05:00Also... you should read Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse...Also... you should read Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-84874054796483191682010-11-18T21:41:26.638-05:002010-11-18T21:41:26.638-05:00Or you could join the revolution... or make your o...Or you could join the revolution... or make your own.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.com