Eugenic Groundhog

I  firmly believe that the pundits of eugenics played possum, as we say in the USA, for a number of years. What kept this monstrous groundhog underground was the fresh memory of the murderous activities of Hitler and The Third Reich. The story of inhuman sanctioned killing in Germany has a powerful lesson to teach all of us. People in greater numbers have no interest in the past and its lessons for us. When a society and her people forget the past and lose their moral compass hell literally breaks out on earth.

Our society is becoming increasingly nihilistic in its outlook.  Victor Frankl survived two stays in the fearsome death camp called Auschwitz. Frankl's words should serve as a wake up call for all  us:

"I am absolutely convinced that the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers."

From the Land Where Euthanasia has Been Legal for Some Time

Considering that the Netherlands legalized euthanasia a while ago a recent survey is telling about the effect that legislated killing has had on the mindset of Dutch doctors:

How much can on-line polls be trusted? Not much. An on-line poll about euthanasia? Even less. However, in view of the sketchy state of information about euthanasia in the first country to legalise it, any poll is welcome. The EinVandaag website in the Netherlands surveyed general practitioners in the last week in July and found that Dutch doctors support it, though sometimes reluctantly. (The number of official notifications of deaths by euthanasia rose 13% to 2,636 in 2009, although many deaths are apparently not reported.)

Here is what the poll of 800 doctors found. The vast majority – 87% -- were willing in principle to participate in legal euthanasia. About 68% said that they had participated in euthanasia in the last 5 years. Of these, 29% did it once; 25% twice; 33% 3 to 5 times; and 11% more than 5 times.

This information was featured on Mercantornet.com. I wonder if this isn't a glimpse of where the mindset of doctors in America will be in the near future. The killing of the disabled and terminally ill is becoming sadly more accepted.

Snake Oil Sale of Euthanasia for the Elderly and The Suffering from Dementia

Over on Mercatornet there is an excellent article that exposes the slick salesmanship of euthanasia salesmen like Philip Nitschke.  We of course can't forget that eugenic storm trooper the Baroness Warnock. Here is a sample to whet your appetite:

Think about it: if euthanasia and assisted suicide are legal do you really think that the excellent, but often expensive and sometimes time-consuming, treatments that are now available to us will stand as a genuine option if there’s a cheaper, easier solution? Sure, perhaps no one you know would be as callous to suggest to an ailing relative that they’d be better off dead, but subtly in those circumstances people may well come to feel it their duty to die. That was certainly the opinion of the UK’s Baroness Warnock when, a few years ago, she had the audacity to tell an assembly of elderly dementia sufferers that they were an unacceptable expense on the public purse and they had a “duty to die”. Euthanasia and assisted suicide limit choice, not Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Cowardly Compassion and Caring

I checked recently for responses to my comment on the Compassion and Caring blog in response to Dan Hankinson's recent blog post. To my surprise, I found that the imbeciles at C and C had removed my comment. So much for their alleged support for freedom. That is, unless the freedom you seek is to murder yourself.

This proves that the folks are at C and C truly are cowards..