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Martin Luther on Charlie Hebdo: Sick Secularism and Billy Graham
When Martin Luther put forth his 95 Theses in 1517 for discussion among theologians he ignited a debate so fierce the Roman Catholic Church was intent to put him to death. He survived only because his local German prince had enough power to protect him. That meant Luther had no few nasty words to say about the pope and the church hierarchy. He became highly polemical which means he used strong, aggressive, satirical language against his opponents. His language was so scatological that to this day some German expressions seem coarse and vulgar to others.
Luther created the context for which woodcuts (the political cartoons of that time) could be published depicting monks dropping as the excretion from demons. (Luther himself had been an Augustinian monk, of course.)
So the satirical cartoons of Charlie Hebdo are hardly new. Spirited public debate has often been generated in the name of this or that religious belief. What characterizes Charlie Hebdo is a critique of all religions in the name of a new kind of "religion", secularism. These cartoonists just can't stand the idea of any religion having influence in public debates.
Now, I think that people of faith have every right to put forward ideas for political discussion just as everyone else does as well in a democratic society. Such a society is based on politics, not religion. Even though it is entirely possible to find terrible stuff in the history of any religion where people have taken things too far, the constant hysterical attacks of Charlie Hebdo go way too far in the other direction. It is possible to call the magazine an example of a kind of sick secularism.
It's important to remember that Luther wanted people to be "secular" in the sense of leaving the monastery and going into the "secular world" to do some honest and helpful work for others such as making shoes or baking bread. Luther considered secular work part of the sacred vocation of the Christian. That's why the Reformation is considered the "early modern" period of history. The religious ideas of the Reformation helped lead western society to the secularism of today.
It would be good if those who believe in "secularism" might acknowledge some if this history. It may lead them away from the kind of hysterical depiction of sacred images that can get a person killed.
At the same time, I do wish that news media in the United States would do more to belittle the so-called religious right in this nation which has adopted the Republican Party as its own political expression. On Meet the Press yesterday there was talk about how Charlie Hebdo-type images would never be created in this country about the religious right, which has grown up in the South after the model of "evangelism" of Billy Graham, who is a Southern Baptist. The media in this country tend to allow Republican politicians pontificate about their "religious faith" without challenging them. The historic mainline Protestants have an entirely different understanding of God and country than the religious right, but the media today are mostly ignorant of that fact and treat all religion as one thing. This is, of course, completely ridiculous. But maybe that very word, ridiculous, best characterizes the media approach to religion in this country.
Even in this country in the 1940s and 1950s there were, indeed, cartoons about Billy Graham, depicting him in a way that the media now would be too afraid to do, as in the cartoon below.
I would like to see today extensive critical attention to religion of all kinds in the media on a regular basis. Then it wouldn't seem so unusual when it does occur and people of religious faith wouldn't get so worked up over it.
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- Semi detached
- Popular location
- Fitted kitchen
- Lounge dining room
- 3 bedrooms
- Bathroom
- Gas central heating & double glazing
- Terraced Gardens
- Parking, and shed
- Garage not included
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This modern semi detached house is situated in a smart residential area within half a mile of the town centre and is equipped with gas central heating and double glazing.
The accommodation arranged over two floors in brief comprises; enclosed entrance porch, reception hall, fitted kitchen, lounge dining room with access to gardens, 3 bedrooms and family bathroom. Outside the property benefits from off road parking, front and rear gardens.
Minehead has an excellent range of shopping, banking and schooling facilities together with bowling, tennis, golf and the beautiful Blenheim Gardens which still has the original bandstand. The old harbour and seafront are within a mile and a half and the county town of Taunton which has mainline rail connections and access to the motorway network is approximately twenty five miles to the east. For those who enjoy exploring the countryside Minehead is often referred to as the Gateway to the Exmoor National Park and the many renowned places of interest are all within motoring distance.
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Check out fee: £45.00 + Vat - to cover the cost of checking out the property and closing utility accounts. Payable at the end of the tenancy.
From our offices in Friday street turn left into Park Street leading up through the top end of the town, taking the third turning into Parkhouse Road. Follow this road, turning left into Old Farm Road then left again into Regents Way. Keep left into Regents way whereupon the property will be found shortly on your right-hand side.
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|Nov 24, 1981
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|Jul 27, 1979
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|Neal W. Belmuth
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|Nationwide Ultraseal Inc.
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|Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (20), Classifications (11)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to anti-theft devices and more particularly pertains to anti-theft circuits for application to engine propelled vehicles having electrical ignition systems.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the field of vehicle anti-theft devices it has been the general practice to employ apparatus of an electromechanical nature to disable the engine or to produce an audible alarm or a combination thereof. Inherent difficulties are present in the majority of these devices. For example, they are complex, large structures, difficult to install and repair, require maintenance and are so arranged that should they malfunction, the vehicle becomes disabled.
The present theory in designing anti-theft devices is to permit unauthorized use of the vehicle for a limited time. Such limited use by a thief will allow him to drive the vehicle for a short distance, which vehicle, then becomes disabled. The thief is now in unfamiliar or hostile surroundings and rather than expose himself to scrutiny while attempting to disarm the device, he will abandon his efforts and look elsewhere.
Timing networks such as those shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,107,962, 4,004,273 or thermal time delay units as in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,205,104 and 3,614,458 are used to initiate the disablement of an engine or vehicle at some predetermined time after it has been started. The precise disable function may be through a fuel pump, the ignition, battery or any other part vital to the engine's operation.
The majority of anti-theft devices presently on the market are large, complex and when in use dissipate considerable energy in the form of heat. Such structural characteristics do not permit the necessary freedom of location within the vehicle whereby they can be readily hidden from view, much less undetectable to an experienced thief. In addition, should the thief be aware of the existence of an anti-theft device, he may readily defeat the device or in attempting to do so, damage the device or the vehicle.
Another inherent disadvantage to present devices is the fact that the device must be armed or activated by the operator upon leaving the vehicle. Unless the operator is alerted or in some way reminded, he will on numerous occasions fail to arm the device, especially in view of the fact that the device is in a hidden location.
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a relatively simple, compact, inexpensive and reliable vehicle anti-theft device which is easily installed, readily hidden from view and requires minimum maintenance.
Another object is to provide an anti-theft device which after a predetermined time subsequent to starting the vehicle engine, will disable the ignition circuit and thereby prevent engine function.
A further object of this invention is the provision of an anti-theft device which is automatic in operation and which does not require arming by the operator but which device may be by-passed by the legitimate operator to permit use of the vehicle by others. Under the latter condition, the device will provide a signal to alert the operator that the device is in the disabled state when he again assumes control of the vehicle.
A still further object of this invention is to provide an anti-theft device which, while functioning, will not deplete the vehicle's electrical energy nor dissipate considerable amounts of heat when the ignition circuit is disabled.
Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing.
The general purpose of this invention is to provide a vehicle anti-theft device that has all the advantages of similarly employed prior art devices and has none of the aforementioned disadvantages. To attain this, the present invention provides a unique, compact circuit which includes a relay whose contacts are normally open. The relay contacts are arranged in circuit so as to connect a relatively large capacitor across the engine ignition points when closed. Upon closure of the ignition switch, an R-C timing network commences to charge. The R-C voltage is applied to the control element of a unijunction transistor and, when this voltage, after a preselected time period, becomes sufficiently high, the unijunction will "turn on". The current flowing through the unijunction provides a sufficient voltage across a resistor to trigger an SCR. This SCR is connected in series with the coil of the relay and upon the SCR being "triggered on", the battery current flowing through the coil causes its contacts to close, thereby connecting the large capacitor across the ignition points to disable the vehicle engine. The foregoing constitutes the sequence of events when unauthorized use of the vehicle is attempted.
The device further includes a concealed switch, a buzzer and a second SCR. The switch either in its momentary or continuous position simultaneously applies battery voltage (ignition switch on) to the buzzer and via a resistor to the gate of the second SCR to turn it "on". This second SCR is in shunt across the relay coil so that the SCR presents an extremely low impedance across the coil. When SCR conducts, insufficient current flows through the relay coil, the relay contacts open and remain in this condition irrespective of the state of the unijunction transistor. Thus, the function of the timing network has been disabled and the vehicle engine will operate normally. Operation of the buzzer indicates to the authorized user that the anti-theft device is inoperative.
FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing illustrating an embodiment made in accordance with the principle of this invention.
FIG. 2 is a drawing illustrating an embodiment of the invention incorporated with an automobile accessory such as a radio.
The illustrated embodiment of this invention is shown within the block 10 while the components without the block represent standard electrical parts associated with an internal combustion engine. Typically, the anti-theft device may be applied to a vehicle engine which includes a battery 11 having one terminal 12 grounded and the other terminal 13 connected to the ignition coil 14 through ignition switch 15. The opposite end 16 of the ignition primary coil connects to ignition points 17 while the secondary coil 18 delivers a high voltage to the distributor. The small valued capacitor 19 across the points serves to protect them when they periodically open.
The anti-theft device includes an R-C timing network consisting of series connected resistor 20 and capacitor 21. Consider first the situation where an unauthorized person attempts to use the vehicle. He first turns the ignition "on" or jumps the ignition switch 15. This immediately applies battery voltage to the timing network and, dependent on the respective values of resistor 20 and capacitor 21, the voltage across the capacitor 21 will rise within a preselected time period to a value sufficient to trigger unijunction transistor 22 to a conducting state. The voltage across capacitor 21 is applied to the gate or control element 23 of unijunction transistor 22 and when the transistor "turns on", battery current flows through bias resistor 24, the unijunction 22, bias resistor 25, diode 26 and limiting resistor 27. The voltage developed across bias resistor 25 is applied to the gate 28 of silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) 29 and triggers the SCR into its conduction state. With the SCR 29 conducting, battery current flows through the coil 30 of relay 31, through the anode 32, cathode 33 of the SCR, diode 26 and limiting resistor 27. The value of resistor 27 is selected such that the current flowing is just sufficient to activate the contact arm 34 of relay 31 and move it from its normally open position (as illustrated) to close and make contact with terminal contact 35. Closure of the relay contacts connects capacitor 36 across the ignition points 17 and capacitor 19.
Under normal conditions when the ignition points are closed, a magnetic field developes across the primary coil 14. The sudden opening of the points causes an extremely rapid collapse of this field and thereby induces a high voltage in the secondary 18. This high secondary voltage, in the neighborhood of 20,000 volts, provides the arc across the engine's spark plugs. Although capacitor 19 is across the ignition points 17, its capacitance is so low that it has negligible effect on the operation. However, when a large capacitor, such as capacitor 36 (20 microfarads) is connected across the points, it prevents the magnetic field from collapsing rapidly. Effectively this capacitor serves as an energy reservoir and absorbs the energy in the field, thus allowing the field to collapse slowly. With a large capacitor, the magnetic field collapses at such a slow rate that the voltage developed across the secondary is insufficient to generate a spark to maintain engine operation.
Consider now the operation of the vehicle by the legitimate owner or an authorized operator who is aware of the existence and the location of the concealed switch 37. This concealed switch is preferable of the type that includes a "momentary" contact position, a "continuous" contact position and an intermediate "off" position. The illustrated schematic switch has a movable pole contact 38 (shown in the off position) and a pair of fixed contacts 39 for momentary operation, and 40 for continuous "on". Both fixed contacts are connected to the battery+terminal through the ignition switch. The authorized operator first turns the ignition switch "on" and starts the engine. He then (prior to time out of the device --40 seconds) operates switch 37. When the switch pole 38 is moved to the momentary contact 39, battery voltage is applied to the buzzer 41 which immediately produces an audible signal, alerting the operator that the anti-theft device is functioning and that the device has been disabled. Resistors 42 and 43 constitute a voltage divider in order to provide the proper voltage for the gate 44 of SCR 45. In addition, resistor 42 limits the current flow through gate 44 since the gate 44 circuit, upon triggering, has a low impedance. Resistor 43 substantially lowers the sensitivity of gate 44, thereby preventing spurious triggering. Diode 46 prevents reverse current from flowing through the gate to buzzer 41. Such reverse current would activate the buzzer on a continuous basis even though only a momentary switch contact was made.
With a portion of the battery potential appearing across gate 44 and cathode 47, SCR 45 is triggered "on" to its conducting state. In this state the SCR presents an extreme low impedance (almost a short circuit) between anode 48 and cathode 47. Circuitwise this SCR 45 is connected in parallel or across relay coil 30 and therefore when it is conducting, it effectively shorts out the relay coil so that the coil cannot receive sufficient current to maintain its contacts in their closed position. If the relay contacts are initially closed when SCR 45 "fires" then the contacts open. If the relay contacts are initially open they will remain open irrespective of the operation of the timing circuit since SCR 45 will stay in its conducting state until the ignition switch is turned off.
Switch 37 is provided with the above described positions (single pole, double throw) in order to permit an authorized operator to disable the anti-theft device after starting the engine by using the momentary position. However, when the vehicle is to be temporarily turned over to an authorized person, such as a parking valet or service station attendant, the continuous switch position is employed. As in the case of momentary operation, the anti-theft device is disabled or defeated but now the buzzer continuously emits an audible signal. In addition, the ignition may be turned off and thereafter the engine restarted without reactivating the anti-theft device since SCR 45 fires when the ignition is turned on. When the vehicle is returned to the legitimate owner by an authorized operator, the buzzer continues to sound. The owner is alerted to the fact that the anti-theft device is disabled and he then reactivates the device. Generally, since all vehicles normally contain various buzzers (ie, seat belts) an authorized operator, such as an attendant will not necessarily be aware that the vehicle is provided with an anti-theft apparatus.
In the illustrated embodiment of FIG. 2 the basic anti-theft device 10 of FIG. 1 has been incorporated into the circuitry of an automotive accessory, in this case a radio. Likewise, the anti-theft device may be readily incorporated into other accessories, such as cassette and eight track tape players, CB radios or any electrical accessory which receives its electrical input from the vehicle battery.
Automotive electrical accessories, such as radio 60 include as part of their normal circuitry an electrical power input 61 from the ignition switch 15 or from an accessory switch (not shown) to supply power for the radio and a ground connection 62. In addition to the foregoing, in most cases, it is only necessary to provide an external connection 63 to the output side 16 of the ignition coil 18 and an external connection 64 to the battery 11.
Internally, the hidden or concealed switch 37 of FIG. 1 may be incorporated into one of the accessories (radio) existing control elements. As for example, the volume control 65, one of the timing pushbuttons 66 or the on-off switch 67 of radio 60. A rather simple expedient that has been found suitable is to provide the volume control with a "push-pull" switch element. Such volume control elements are presently available and in wide use. The "push-pull" switch 68 coupled to the knob 69 provides the same function as switch 37 (FIG. 1) and may include a "momentary" switch position. By internally connecting switch 68 in substitution for switch 37 (FIG. 1) the overall circuitry is identical to that shown in FIG. 1 and the anti-theft device operates as previously described.
In the same manner, it is clear that the entire anti-theft device of FIG. 1 can be incorporated into the accessory circuit board during manufacture and thereby provide a dual function unitary structure whose outward appearance would not reveal its multiple function.
From the foregoing description, it is evident that there is provided an automatically resetting vehicle anti-theft device which includes a minimum of circuit components. Additionally, the device provides an audible signal when deactivated, operates with a minimum drain on the vehicle's battery and generates minimal heat while being compact and highly reliable.
It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing disclosure relates to only a preferred embodiment of the invention and that numerous modifications or alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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