Posted on 02/12/2023 2:17:01 PM PST by Right Wing Vegan
Old people in Japan should kill themselves to avoid burdening the state, a professor at Yale University has said.
Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics, has also suggested that euthanasia could be made compulsory.
Last year, official statistics in Japan revealed that over-75s accounted for 15 per cent of the country’s population for the first time. Those over 65 account for 29.1 per cent of the total, making the Japanese population the oldest in the world.
“I feel like the only solution is pretty clear,” said Mr Narita, 37. “In the end, isn’t it mass suicide and mass ‘seppuku’ of the elderly?” – referring to the act of disembowelment employed by dishonoured Samurai in the late 19th century.
Prof Narita told The New York Times his comments had been taken out of context, adding that they related to demands for older people in leadership positions to make way for the younger generation. He said his primary concern was how old people dominated positions of influence in Japanese society.
The references to “mass suicide” and “mass seppuku” touched a raw nerve in a country which honoured kamikaze pilots during the Second World War.
Prof Narita insisted his remarks about mass suicide were a metaphor, adding: “I should have been more careful about their potential negative connotations. After some self-reflection, I stopped using the words last year.”
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Note to the prof: In my neck of the woods, pard, we call that murder.
In before the vaccine solution, like in NY
Sure thing professor, right after I find you.
Lead by example and we will follow.
Assistant perfesser...
(chortle)
His words were clear. He meant the state should kill old people.
I fully support the folks suggesting these things, to be the
first volunteers.
Ivy Leagers should commit harakiri en-mass just because it’s a good start......fixed it
Paging Inigo Montoya...
He’s at Yale because he’s too stupid to teach at a Japanese university.
I felt a chill when I read his statement that ‘euthanasia should become mandatory’.
That sounds like Hell on earth.
At least I am reminded that we in America don’t have a lock on
distorted, diabolic ways of thinking.
What happened to all that peaceful wisdom of Japanese Budhism?
To even say something like this takes a top level of narcissism with a low level of IQ.
Can’t fix stupid.
No, it’s compulsory! The one suggesting the final solution gets to go first. That’s cult leader encouragement. Good thing this guy is a nobody.
We’d be better off without Yale professors
Zackly.
Is that Jim Jones and his Ship of Fools?
At first I thought it was the ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ cast.
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