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	Phil's Blogservations Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Posted by philgomes 9:27 AM "Now This Is Spin..." "Now This Is Spin..." Jane, the "Dryden" of "Dryden Marketing Group," wrote the above when she forwarded me this NYT piece by way of the IHT late last night. You'd like to think that the article she references might have been written by The Onion or The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Nope. All true. The Vatican said Tuesday that fewer witches were burned at the stake and fewer heretics tortured into conversion during the dark centuries of the Inquisition than is generally believed, but it also sought renewed forgiveness for sins committed by Roman Catholics in the name of church doctrine. ...and... They said the numbers were relatively modest and countered what they described as a widespread misconception about the extent of Inquisition violence. Of course, like all PR claims, this needs data. I mean... What's "relatively modest?" What's the percentage of actual number of witches/heretics tortured versus the previous figure? Has the definition of "torture" changed in the interim? After all, the Geneva Convention wouldn't be ratified for another seven-plus centuries after the Inquisition began. Kind of reminds me of the story of the aircraft manual that described a plane crash as an "involuntary conversion." (More aviation-related weirdness.) HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.