24-12-2009, 06:51 AM
Thanks, Jan. Not being British or in Britain, or having any sense of how news, politics and things like this are seen in that part of the world, this correction struck me as some "spin" aftermath as various entities battled in the information wars. It is clear from other sources that there is a lot of that going on. I also am personally a little bit more clear on how Judaism and Jewish law sees the issues of organ retrieval, but I live in the USA where law and attitude currently see organ donation as a strictly voluntary procedure (though there is a good deal of pressure to change that). I also find the issue disconcerting to say the least when it involves state/cultural/religious enemies who have been dehumanized in other ways whose faith also requires voluntary approval. There probably is some appropriate song or poem (or hymn?) that ought to be noted here, though I can't think of it, that says "Mother and Father, this is not the world I grew up in".
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"