The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #158223   Message #3741215
Posted By: Steve Shaw
01-Oct-15 - 08:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Pope in America
Subject: RE: BS: The Pope in America
"But as you say, context is everything, and I'd question your evaluations.. For example to class abortion as murder is an inevitable conclusion of a definition of murder as the act of terminating a human life. I would take it that you would hold to a different definition, but Mother Teresa was hardly unique in accepting that definition. "

Of course. But I'm Steve, with an audience of ten ( if I'm lucky). She was Teresa, with an immediate audience of tens of thousands and an ultimate audience of tens of millions. I can't manipulate anybody. She could manipulate millions. She utterly failed to exercise the responsibility that came with that power. She would far rather exploit that power.