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Thread ID: 11127 | Posts: 13 | Started: 2003-11-17
2003-11-17 19:20 | User Profile
The obvious problem with journalism--besides fear-mongering--are the roles a journalist takes on. Today he is the self-important moral beacon of the world. He is the preacher, the politician, the scientist, the teacher, the philosopher, he is the perfect man, the god himself. . .minus the qualifications, of course. These know-it-alls invade our privacy and rights and attempt to impose their own world-orders.
A prominent example is Patrick Buchanan. Although I agree with much of his politics, in his latest article [[url]http://www.amconmag.com/11_17_03/buchanan.html[/url]] on the subject of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged Florida woman who has been artificially fed for 13 years, which Bush ordered be kept as a vegetable, he writes that only God can decide when a person shall die. And this is the reason that those who support someoneââ¬â¢s right to die, or euthanasia, are ââ¬Ågodless.ââ¬Â But since when did he become the voice of the Lord and of Christianity? Seems to me, God wanted her to die, and the artificial life support machine which she can be put on for as long as electricity exists is in total opposition to God. It defies the Natural God and asserts the authority of a false god, the vegetative god, the prison god.
For someone like Buchanan who is so opposed to government interference it boggles the mind why he supports Big Government Intervention in this case which clearly goes against God.
Egomaniacal Journalists need to be put in their place.
2003-11-17 19:25 | User Profile
Pat Buchanan doesn't do news journalism. He writes opinion columns and articles. He doesn't try to pass off his opinion columns as news journalism either.
2003-11-17 19:32 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Edana]Pat Buchanan doesn't do news journalism. He writes opinion columns and articles. He doesn't try to pass off his opinion columns as news journalism either.[/QUOTE]
All journalism comes with an opinion/bias/propaganda these days. I fail to see the difference. But I am saying that he is not a preacher so why act like one? Where are his theology degrees?
2003-11-17 19:47 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Mithras]Seems to me, God wanted her to die, and the artificial life support machine which she can be put on for as long as electricity exists is in total opposition to God. It defies the Natural God and asserts the authority of a false god, the vegetative god, the prison god.[/QUOTE]
You have the facts wrong, Mithras. The lady is not on a life-support machine, rather simply a feeding tube. That is how her morally depraved husband was wanting to kill her, by starving her to death. The Florida legislature made the right call on this one, believe it or not.
2003-11-17 19:53 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Mithras]All journalism comes with an opinion/bias/propaganda these days. I fail to see the difference.
The difference is that news journalists try to pass themselves off as "objective" because they are supposed to be just reporting the news. That's not what opinion columnists are for. That realm is specifically for the purpose of trying to convince others of your viewpoint.
But I am saying that he is not a preacher so why act like one? Where are his theology degrees?[/QUOTE]
He writes opinion columns and articles. We write our opinions on the internet and he does it in his magazine because he is a man of more means than us. We don't need degrees to share our opinions and try to convince others of our viewpionts, so why does he?
2003-11-17 20:09 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]You have the facts wrong, Mithras. The lady is not on a life-support machine, rather simply a feeding tube. That is how her morally depraved husband was wanting to kill her, by starving her to death. The Florida legislature made the right call on this one, believe it or not.[/QUOTE]
It is a life support system in the sense that for 13 years she existed in a vegetative state and would have died peacefully on her own were it not for a feeding tube to support her by artificial means. What kind of existence is that? I don't believe that God wants man to suffer.
2003-11-17 20:10 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Edana]He writes opinion columns and articles. We write our opinions on the internet and he does it in his magazine because he is a man of more means than us. We don't need degrees to share our opinions and try to convince others of our viewpionts, so why does he?[/QUOTE]
Why does he have such a double-standard?
Why does he pass himself off as a prophet who speaks the word of God? That in my opinion goes a bit overboard.
2003-11-17 20:14 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Mithras]Why does he have such a double-standard?
Explain what double standard you are referring to.
Why does he pass himself off as a prophet who speaks the word of God? That in my opinion goes a bit overboard.[/QUOTE]
He is speaking his opinion in an opinion article. Since he has a theology, his opinion will often contain theological beliefs. Why do you have a problem with him sharing his opinion in his magazine?
2003-11-17 20:22 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Mithras]It is a life support system in the sense that for 13 years she existed in a vegetative state and would have died peacefully on her own were it not for a feeding tube to support her by artificial means. What kind of existence is that? I don't believe that God wants man to suffer.[/QUOTE]
A newborn child would die if not fed by others. Who is to say what kind of existence it is or how much she understands what is going on around her. Her mind may be functioning perfectly, we just don't know. Therefore it is God's decision and the duty of medical doctors is to preserve life, not end it.
2003-11-17 20:50 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]A newborn child would die if not fed by others. Who is to say what kind of existence it is or how much she understands what is going on around her. Her mind may be functioning perfectly, we just don't know. Therefore it is God's decision and the duty of medical doctors is to preserve life, not end it.[/QUOTE]
She spent 13 years in a vegetative state, TD!
2003-11-17 20:53 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Edana]Explain what double standard you are referring to. [/QUOTE]
Government intervention against personal or domestic freedoms.
[QUOTE]He is speaking his opinion in an opinion article. Since he has a theology, his opinion will often contain theological beliefs. Why do you have a problem with him sharing his opinion in his magazine[/QUOTE]
No, because I don't have to read it. But calling anyone who doesn't subscribe to his very beliefs as godless is childish and only makes him look ridiculous.
I just used PB as an example. The problem is much more widespread and cuts across all different fields.
2003-11-18 00:29 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]A newborn child would die if not fed by others. Who is to say what kind of existence it is or how much she understands what is going on around her. Her mind may be functioning perfectly, we just don't know. Therefore it is God's decision and the duty of medical doctors is to preserve life, not end it.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but a newborn child will develop into an adult. A vegateble will remain a vegetable. We know the person in a case like this does not have a functioning mind because those parts of the brain in which conciousness occurs were destroyed. Only the lower part of the brain that controls the body's mechanical functions is working. Let the family decide.
2003-11-18 16:12 | User Profile
[QUOTE=W.R.I.T.O.S]Yeah, but a newborn child will develop into an adult. A vegateble will remain a vegetable. [/QUOTE]
That doesn't give you the right to kill them by starving them to death, WRITOS. Nevertheless, that doesn't have much to do with this particular case anyway. The husband wants her to die and her parents want to take care of her. At one time she was speaking and then the husband had all treatment and rehab removed. Weird stuff and possibly criminal. You should read up on the case. The parents were on Hannity and Colmes last night.