Language of Killing - and the 'Tone' of course.

This is an old Blog Post from January last. I was reminded of it during the last few days. The blog refers to a German movie with English subtitles; there is an English version too 'Conspiracy' from 2001 with Kenneth Branagh in the lead role.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425  It is relevant because of the words and phrases chosen to describe killing people, in this case, the Jews.

I’ve been watching a very interesting and disturbing movie, named ‘Die Wanseekconferenze’. (The Wansee Conference, a German 1984 production, English subtitles). This was a meeting between high-ranking Nazis and SS held in January 1942. Its purpose was to present ‘the Final Solution’. We all know what that was, though it doesn’t say so directly – mass murder on millions of people perceived to be in the way of the Third Reich.

There’s a roomful of men present, and one woman to take the minutes. After a drink in the drawing room, Himmler’s second-in-command, General Reinhardt Heydrich, enters and briefs the men upon the plan.

Part of this grim plan was to transport the Jews East, put them to work in labor camps, and expect that through ‘natural causes’ (i.e. worked to death in freezing conditions, though this is not of course alluded to directly) many will die – the survivors were to be dealt with ‘appropriately’. There is talk of trucks and deadly gases and special centers where the Final Solution will be implemented.

The Language gripped me. Never once do they use the word ‘Kill.’ There is no allusion to Suffering, Pain, Heartache, Agony, Sickness, Injustice...no inference at this conference (the script taken from the Minutes) but that they are doing anything but Good.

In an informal moment before the meeting begins, Eichmann, the man in charge of the Deportations, must show a little truth. He has heard that trains are being damaged; windows broken, and he has to inform his superior, and the reason for the damage is because ‘they (the Jews) want the ice’ ‘Why?’ asks his senior officer. ‘Thirst,’ replies Eichmann, almost embarrassed to mention that uncomfortable truth.  He also alluded to ‘elderly, kids’ – this however is dismissed – nobody wants to humanize the People destined for death.

And so Language is very important. After all, the Nazis want to be nice, civilized people. Cultured, with Families, they are not beasts – oh and certainly would not wish to be thought evil, of anybody, their neighbours, or for that matter the English, or Americans, or History. History will thank them – they are sure of it! In their world, this Nazi culture, they are not doing anything wrong. It is a part of being civilized, to get rid of the people who are in the way.  Personable, good-looking men, well-groomed, jocose – you would not hesitate to ask any of them for directions if you were lost, and you would get very polite instructions. You would go upon your way thinking – ‘Nice guy.’

And they fool even themselves.

What of the language of Abortion? Do we ever hear the word ‘Kill’? Aren’t those doctors and nurses who work in abortion clinics very nice, personable – oh, they do not look like they would do anything bad! They do not think they are doing anything bad! They have fooled themselves too. In this culture of acceptable killing, they do not have to question themselves – it’s legal! I know this because I worked in a National Health Hospital in England where abortions were done. To my shame, I even took part in one. But everything Hitler did was legal as well! There are sometimes very bad laws!

ProChoice people never speak of Death. They do not even speak of Life. ‘Life,’ insists, Cécile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, begins at birth, (So why check for a heartbeat at prenatal checks? Why keep a Kick Chart?) The language of Choice does not use the word ‘Baby’. When referring to Abortion, the phrases are ‘Fetal Tissue.’ ‘Products of Conception.’ Suffering and pain during an Abortion? TABOO! If a wanted fetus needs surgery, anesthesia is provided. If he or she is to be aborted, the arms and legs may be pulled off without a thought as to sensation.

They are seen on ultrasound to scream, but because the vocal cords receive amniotic fluid instead of air, the screams are not heard. Medical Pathology students have noted expressions of agony on the faces of mid to late-term aborted babies.

Choice depends upon Language. Take it away, and you have nothing that a civilized people would want anything to do with. Suffering and Death. Yes, there are crisis pregnancies, many of them – but Abortion is not an acceptable solution. Death is Final, and the baby cannot come back, no matter how much the abortion is regretted later. And above all, the ProChoice lobby must keep the Language of Choice for those most directly involved – the mothers. They end pregnancies, no there’s nothing there, it’s not a baby yet, it won’t feel anything. You’ll get on with your life.
A Message: God is Merciful. He forgives, when we acknowledge our sin.

How many babies make 150 lbs of ash?

from Shawn Carney's Blog:  http://40daysforlife.com/updates/

I spoke at a pregnancy center dinner and afterwards was visiting with attendees. As it got late, the room emptied out — and one of the center’s staff members came up to introduce herself. She had a sweet and joyful face and told me that she wanted to share her story of how she first got involved in the pro-life movement. As she began to speak, her change in tone suggested it was not a typical path. I quickly learned that was the case.

She had worked at a very large Planned Parenthood abortion facility near a major city. She justified her job because she did bookkeeping and other business tasks that were separated (she thought) from what went on in the rooms next door where the abortions were done.

She relayed this information to me very comfortably and then said, “But that all changed in an instant one day when I was sitting at my desk.” She then, in a troubled tone, said that she opened and read an invoice. “The invoice was to Planned Parenthood from the local morgue. It was for $350.” As she scanned the invoice to see what it was for, the reality of abortion hit her.

She continued, “The service listed was in bold letters that pierced my heart: CREMATION SERVICE FOR 150 POUNDS OF MEDICAL WASTE.”

My heart sank.

She looked me in the eye and said, “Shawn, the question I had to ask myself as I stared at that invoice was what first got me involved in the pro-life movement. The question that pierced my heart was: How many babies have to be aborted to add up to 150 pounds of ash?”

I didn’t know the answer. And a big part of me didn’t want to know the answer.

She went on to tell me how she resigned from the abortion industry and began working for a local pregnancy center to help women in need and to welcome babies into the world.

ISIS says pedophilia OK.

This blog is about personhood for preborn babies, and the right of a person to be born, but it is a shock to me to find out that Slavery flourishes in many parts of the world, and that Personhood Campaigns should be extended to many people in other countries where slavery is legal. Slavery exists in Cameroon and other places where there are slave castes, who live on the owners property in their own villages, and are not even aware that they should be free. And what happened to the Nigerian girls captured by Boko Haram? Some of these girls, educated, middle class and from stable families, have now been sold and trafficked into Chad or Cameroon and live desperate lives, separated from their schoolmates, alone and having to do the drudgery of house and fieldwork, never seeing their own families, beaten, abused, raped, without any friendship, or any books in a population that is largely illiterate, not that a slave gets leisure time to read. Some have to be pregnant by now, and one hopes that as happens often in these situations of captivity involving sex slavery or forced marriage, that a baby will bring some comfort and love - if the girls survive birthing in primitive conditions and without trained midwives. Yes, women still die in childbirth in undeveloped countries.
But now to ISIS.
That evil group surpass all in capturing women and girls as War Booty. They regard these girls as property. Below is a news item about the Rules issued in Mosul, to be used by the men who now own this human property. It is appalling, sick.
ISIS is a haven for Pedophiles. A man may enjoy all ages. Sick and Evil.
See below.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/world/meast/isis-justification-female-slaves/index.html

There is a God. He isn't me.

The abortion question can be summed up in 2 sentences.
There is a God. He isn't me.

Polly Toynbee on Abortion and the Real World

'No trauma, no tragedy, just routine'.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/31/abortion-media-reflect-real-world-right-to-choose
My Comment on Guardian

Ms. Toynbee, if I were a loved one and I had an abortion, you’d expect me to just get over it faster than a teeth cleaning? No hand-holding, no patient listening? Would you get angry with me if I cried a few  tears? Not worry about complications like infertility or cervical incompetence, no putting up with me wondering if it was a boy or a girl, or whether things are going to be different with my boyfriend, cos he wanted the abortion more than I did, and I think I hate him now.  And around the expected date of delivery, no special attention to take my mind off what might have been? No anxiety about me if, soon after the abortion, another family member joyfully announces her pregnancy and uses the word baby over and over? The Real World.

You have your eyes closed to what abortion really is. Many people don’t know of what they talk when they talk about abortion. View an ultrasound of what happens in the womb, and you will see that even at 10 weeks the foetus reacts in the same way as you or I if confronted by an attacker, for the foetus is not an inanimate tooth. Nevertheless, some do survive the attack.  Check out what Abortion Survivors think on the issue. http://www.theabortionsurvivors.com/ They were confronted with the Real World very early on.

Abortion cannot ever be a ‘normal event in a woman’s life, no trauma, no tragedy, just routine’.  The bond between mother and unborn baby is the physically closest possible in nature, and to break that is not a routine thing to do without ‘trauma’. That is the Real World.

The Unborn of the Sentient Born feels pain. Pathology medical students in the USA were disturbed by the facial expressions on dead babies – or ‘fetal tissue’ if you prefer. http://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pathologists-share-their-horror-stories-of-handling-bodies-of-aborted-babie
That is the Real World.

Irish Doctors being forced to practice Bad Medicine

Irish Doctors refused to follow an unworkable law and kill an unborn baby in the 2nd trimester because the suicidal mother wanted an abortion. They proceeded to treat her following evidence-based medicine and psychiatry. At the mother's renewed suicidal thoughts, and following the new law, they terminated the pregnancy at 24 weeks by c/section and handed Baby to waiting Pediatricians. Baby is being cared for in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
It is a tragic case but abortion is not a cure for suicidal feelings. There's no evidence! Irish doctors are not being allowed to practice Evidence-based Medicine!
The pro-choice lobby is angry. The pregnancy was terminated; they should be happy, because in their world view, the mother should now be CURED of suicidal thoughts as she is no longer pregnant.  But they are not happy, as outlined below.
I feel sorry for this poor woman, as she herself may have had the impression that an abortion would cure her, and the prochoice lobby are shamelessly promoting this bad medicine.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0817/637667-abortion-legislation-frances-fitzgerald/

Margaret of Castello

Watched a beautiful movie about Blessed Margaret of Castello. Born with a spinal deformity and blind, she was hidden from the world by her rich high-ranking parents. Walled up in a room next to a church, she was helped by the priest, who ministered to her through an aperture in the wall. Jesus was her only company and she grew very close to Him...abandoned eventually in a strange city by her parents, she became known for her kindness and after she died they claimed her as their own. Her body lies incurrupt in the local church.
Rejected. God worked a miracle in this person rejected by her mother and father.