Coucoumellisms

(Un travail que j'ai rédigé pour un cours de rédaction l'automne dernier.) L’euthanasie est légale au Canada depuis 2015, mais est-ce qu’elle est un bien moral pour la société? Il ne suffit pas d’être légal pour qu’une chose soit morale. L’euthanasie n’est pas un soin, elle est une fuite. La personne qui veut mourir fuit la souffrance et une société qui voit la personne comme un fardeau fuit la responsabilité. Ce qui commence par le « droit » de mourir peut très bien devenir le « devoir » de mourir. La souffrance insupportable, qu’elle soit physique ou psychologique, doit être adressée de manière convenable. La douleur physique incontrôlable est rare avec les avancées considérables des dernières années et est souvent due à un manque de formation. Il faut comprendre les facteurs qui peuvent influencer la douleur. « Heureusement, le système nerveux peut changer et devenir moins sensible et réactif […], mais cela prend du temps, des répétitions fréquentes ...

Since the beginning of the coronavirus shutdown, eating was never banned, only eating out in restaurants. Talking and writing were never banned, only restricted to the bare essentials in public places. Praying was never banned, only praying in groups in public places. Listening to music was never banned, only going to public concerts. Drinking alcohol was never banned, only drinking at public bars. And get this: masses were never banned, only public masses.  As Catholics, we believe that the Holy Mass is the most important prayer. Jesus's sacrifice on the cross is what saved the world and Holy Mass is the continuation of that sacrifice. The continuation, not the repetition, as protestants think, (there is a difference) of that sacrifice. On the night that he instituted the sacrament of the Eucharist, Jesus said: "Do this in memory of me." That's a direct order, and it's in the Bible. God made himself man and came to earth to save us from sin, but He doesn't ju...

Or "The Best Time I Ever had in a Pub". It was a Tuesday evening in late April or early May.  I normally work evenings past midnight, but that particular week, I got off at 8:00.  My friend Marcia had just recently found a good job, and wanted to celebrate.  So we went to a pub in the Old Saint-Jean; Glen Morgan's Irish Pub. Glen Morgan's - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu No one goes out to a bar on a Tuesday. The Pub was empty, almost, except for a group of military men in one corner.  Since there was no one else, they had commandeered the music, and were playing all kinds of old classic rock songs and laughing and singing along and generally having a grand time. After sitting by ourselves for a little under an hour, and observing them from our corner, Marcia and I decided we wanted to join in on the fun too.  So we went and sat at two available stools at the bar next to them, which immediately prompted welcoming cheers from them.  They bought us drinks ...

I get e-mails from Amnesty International, and most of the time, I support them.  I don't give them money, because they do support abortion, but every once in awhile, I'll sign their petitions, because mostly, they work to free political prisoners, who, for the most part, are working for change in places where corrupt governments are in power, and doing it in a respectful, peaceful way.  This is not exactly the case for Pussy Riot: Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk-rock collective based in Moscow. Founded in August 2011, it has a variable membership of approximately 11 women ranging in age from about 20 to 33, who wear brightly colored balaclavas and use only nicknames during interviews. They stage unauthorized provocative guerrilla performances in unusual public locations, which are edited into music videos and posted on the Internet. Their lyrical themes include feminism, LGBT rights, opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom they regard as a dictat...

In a previous  post , I mentioned this article;  So what if abortion ends a life? In the February 15, 2013 edition of The National Post, Denise McComish comments on this new attitude of shrugging at the loss of life: You can’t ask for more clarity than a headline that cuts straight to the chase. A recent Salon article titled  “So what if abortion ends a life?” provides startling yet honest insight into an emerging justification for abortion. Its author, Mary Elizabeth Williams, correctly states that a fetus is a human life yet asserts that this does not diminish her support for abortion in the least. According to her, “all life is not equal”. Some human beings, it would follow, are more equal than others, an argument we’re beginning to hear said out loud. Read more here:  http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/02/14/denise-mccomish-abortions-new-argument-shrugs-at-the-loss-of-life/

The thing about abortion is that it doesn't empower women.   Women don't choose abortion like they choose which dress to wear, they choose abortion as a last desperate action because they see no other option.  Instead of cultivating respectful, responsible relationships between men and women, abortion makes it a lot easier to be irresponsible and selfish. Feminist activist Michelle Kinsey Bruns writes this article:  The time I told a group of anti-choice teenagers about my abortion . "I could never get past the terrible trap that an unwanted pregnancy must seem to be to the person enduring it. I spent a lot of time, back then, thinking about imprisonment and escape." Dealing vs Deleting When you choose  to deal with the curve balls life throws you, the bars of a cage disappear.  Nothing can hold prisoner the person who chooses to deal with a thing.  In order to advance in life, you must overcome the obstacles and challenges thrown at you.  Som...

Candidates in your electoral district: Claude Bachand ( Bloc Québécois ) Tarik Brahmi ( New Democratic Party ) Robert David ( Liberal Party of Canada ) Jean Thouin ( Conservative Party of Canada ) Pierre Tremblay ( Green Party of Canada ) Now, who to vote for? Candidate evaluations don't bode very well... Claude Bachand's Political history: (he will probably get elected again - sighhhhhhh) Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision Vote Score Bill C-510, to protect pregnant women from coercion to abort This private member's bill by Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge, also called Roxanne's Law, was a common sense bill to protect women and their unborn children from coercion to abort. Abortion coercion by boyfriends, husbands, relatives and even physicians is very common in Canada. Unfortunately, the bill was defeated in 2nd reading by a vote of 97 to 178. [December 15, 2010] Voted No Bill C-384, Legalize euthanasia & assisted suicide A horrible bill that...

Coke or Pepsi?  If only choices were so simple. Life or death? What if your choice eliminates my choice?  What if your right eliminates my right? Does a peanut butter loving child have the right to choose to eat a peanut butter sandwich in a classroom shared by a peanut-allergic classmate?  Whose right is more important?  The right to chose what to eat?  Or the right to life and health? Does the right to arms give a person the right to practice shooting in a public park?  Or does the right to life and safety of the general public restrict him to a special shooting range set aside for just that? Does the right to choose how to live your life give you the right to kill your spouse if you no longer wish to be married to him/her?  Does the right to choose to be free and unfettered give you the right to drown your four children in a bathtub?  Does it give you the right to kill the child in your womb?  Why does choice override the mos...

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Ou l’Expérience de Juana la Cubana (1) Écrit: le13 novembre 1993 (C'est un travail qui devait être fait dans le style d'un récit biblique et remis à l'accompagnateur/prêtre du groupe qui avait été au Paraguay.  Cela faisait parti de notre intégration au retour du Paraguay.) Édité: le 24 août 2010 La suite de l’Évangile… Jésus guérit une mère célibataire. La parole de Dieu fut adressée à Jeanne, fille de Jean-Nil, dans sa vingtième année sous la forme d’une parabole. C’était dans la neuvième année du règne de Brian Mulroney et elle se trouvait dans le ville de Québec, étudiant la théologie. L’Esprit lui dit : Voilà qu’un malheureux bédouin qui se plaignait de sa misère exceptionnelle, s’est mis en route à travers le monde pour voir, ce qui lui paraissait impossible, s’il existait au monde un plus pauvre que lui. Finalement en plein désert, il rencontre un vieillard tellement abandonné qu’il est ému de pitié devant ce dénuement incomparable. Il lui dit : « Tu es...

Dr. Warren Veale, Interim Pres. U of Calgary Dear Sir; The fact is that Albertans are overwhelmingly in favour of protection under law of unborn children from any form of violence against them, whether attacked by knife-wielding boyfriend of the mother, or the forceps and cutting devices of an abortionist. Lack of protection for the child in Canadian law, however, should not deter a discussion of law, with life or death implications, especially at institutions of higher learning. Surveys favouring protection of unborn children range from 75% to over 90% in Alberta, depending how the question was asked. Albertans understand that the unborn children have a high probability of suffering death from lack of law in Canada and they want the situation changed. As a former unborn child, if the present state of lawlessness was present when your mother carried you in her womb, perhaps you'd have been the victim. Instead, you can thank her on Mothers Day. I urge you, on behalf of Alberta...

In case it ever comes down to it... I hereby declare to the world at large my desire to be maintained alive with drink and water, in case I am ever in a coma or become extremely handicapped. If I have not been responding at all, for a reasonable length of time, and doctors believe me to be already brain dead, and I am on a respirator and machines to keep me alive, then please, by all means, unplug me. HOWEVER, if I am capable of breathing on my own but unconscious, or conscious and capable of movement, and perhaps even some communication, but unable to feed myself, then please DO NOT starve me to death, nor let me die of thirst! I do not wish to die such an excruciating death, and I wish to be kept alive, in case advances in science permit me to regain some kind of life, or in the case of a coma, I recover consicousness. Thank you very much.

I'm a pretty typical person. I'm not the pillar of fashion, but neither am I frumpy. I enjoy rock and heavy metal as much as I enjoy classical music. I play sports and I taxi my children to soccer practices and games. I love Halloween and Christmas. I don't wear dresses very often, and don't recommend them for ordinary housekeeping. (They tend to get in the way.) I recycle, I prefer to buy large packages rather than individually wrapped packages (reduce), and I even re-use, when I can. Nothing very extraordinary there. Nothing that would make you think I was "one of those idiot radical conservatives". In fact, with my granola and social justice tendencies, and the fact that I am a Harry Potter fan instead of believing that the books are evil would probably make one think I was more liberal. But I suppose I am one of those backwards thinking radicals. I am so tired of being the fish that swims against the current. Why do I always have to pick the le...

Adult stem cell research, which has proven effective and useful in the treatment of many ailments to date, was already approved and was supported by Bush. Embryonic stem cell reasearch on the other hand, is unethical, and to date, has offered no results. http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/index/weblog/16899/ In a nutshell: CBC’s reporter Paul Hunter misleads Canadians re EMBRYONIC stem cell research Written by Joel Johannesen Read Comments/Make Comments (There's 0 so far) Either he’s stupid or he’s purposely lying to Canadians. Sadly this is the choice at CBC today, and at any of the left-wing media, which seem to have an agenda. And it’s important that we consider the ramifications of a taxpayer-funded state-owned news media which employs stupid and/or deceitful reporters and staff who seem to be leading an agenda and swaying opinions. This is my opinion. After live coverage on the CBC of President Obama signing an executive order allowing federal funding for EMBRYONIC stem cel...

ZENIT, The world seen from Rome News Agency ================================================== Cases Like Eluana's Can Have Happy Endings Missionary Rejects Award in Protest of Italy's Euthanasia Ruling ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, FEB. 16, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Father Aldo Trento has been caring for patients like Eluana Englaro for years, so when Italy refused to protect her life, he protested by returning one of Italy's highest honors. Since 1989 Father Trento has been one of the best-known missionaries of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Charles Borromeo in Paraguay. He is 62 years old and is the head of a clinic for the terminally ill in Asunción. On June 2, the Italian president, Giorgio Napolitano, conferred the title "Knight of the Order of the Star of Solidarity" on Father Trento. Last Wednesday, the priest returned the honor to Napolitano in the wake of the latter's refusal to sign the special decree that would have saved the life of Eluana Englaro, who had been in...

... or rather, the lack of one. Oh and on arguing with people who must always be right, no matter what... I got myself into some political discussion this morning. Not because I wanted to. I didn't. Political discussions with said person don,t always go over so well. He made a comment, more than one in fact, and eventually, instead of pretending I hear nothing I had to add my two-cents worth. It started off with Harper being compared to Bush. As in he wants to go to war. A quick reminder to the person that the LIBERAL governement sent the Canadian soldiers to Afghanistan in the first place. So he made some comment about comments Harper has made about how Israel should be able to attack anyone they please. Ummm, yeah... that is most likely the telephone game version of Harper saying "Israel should be able to defend itself" which is a common conservative view. One that I don't necessarily agree or disagree with. But I've been into that already. We got on the subject...

http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=10772 But, if the answer to the question, “Where do we come from?” is “We were created by God,” then the implications are truly staggering. If in fact we were created in God’s image; if in fact, as we celebrated yesterday at Christmas, God in Christ became human, took on human flesh, sharing our very DNA, then every human life, from natural conception through natural death, is endowed with eternal and incomprehensible worth. I like Chuck Colsen's commentaries.

This is the total opposite of what Lapresse was claiming a few months ago: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08120102.html Apparently 30% of women who have had an abortion subsequently suffer psychologically. Oh but I suppose that the people who stick fingers in their ears and sing "Nah, nah nah nah, I can't hear you" at Lapresse will just tell you that this is one of those studies that is "unscientific and unfounded", or some such other crap.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08111304.html MADRID, November 13, 2008 (CNA) - The Spanish daily "La Razon" has published an article on the pro-life conversion of a former "champion of abortion." Stojan Adasevic, who performed 48,000 abortions, sometimes up to 35 per day, is now the most important pro-life leader in Serbia, after spending 26 years as the most renowned abortion doctor in the country. (...) In describing his conversion, Adasevic said he "dreamed about a beautiful field full of children and young people who were playing and laughing, from 4 to 24 years of age, but who ran away from him in fear. A man dressed in a black and white habit stared at him in silence. The dream was repeated each night and he would wake up in a cold sweat. One night he asked the man in black and white who he was. 'My name is Thomas Aquinas,' the man in his dream responded. Adasevic, educated in communist schools, had never heard of the Dominican genius s...

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