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Posted on 03/31/2005 11:49:50 AM PST by Thanatos
Neo-Nazis Kill Terri Schiavo
Mar 30th, 2005
| by William Federer Even before the rise of Adolph Hitler's Third Reich, the way for the gruesome Nazi holocaust of human extermination and cruel butchery was being prepared in the 1930 German Weimar Republic through the medical establishment and philosophical elite's adoption of the "quality of life" concept in place of the "sanctity of life." The Nuremberg trials, exposing the horrible Nazi war crimes, revealed that Germany's trend toward atrocity began with their progressive embrace of the Hegelian doctrine of "rational utility," where an individual's worth is in relation to their contribution to the state, rather than determined in light of traditional moral, ethical and religious values. This gradual transformation of national public opinion, promulgated through media and education, was described in an article written by the British commentator Malcolm Muggeridge, entitled "The Humane Holocaust," and in an article written by former United States Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, M.D., entitled "The Slide to Auschwitz," both published in The Human Life Review, 1977 and 1980 respectively. Malcolm Muggeridge stated: "Near at hand, we have been accorded, for those that have eyes to see, an object lesson in what the quest for 'quality of life' without reference to 'sanctity of life' can involve.... the great Nazi holocaust, whose TV presentation has lately been harrowing viewers throughout the Western world. “In this televised version, an essential consideration has been left out - namely, that the origins of the holocaust lay, not in Nazi terrorism and anti-Semitism, but in pre-Nazi Weimar Germany's acceptance of euthanasia and mercy-killing as humane and estimable.... “It took no more than three decades to transform a war crime into an act of compassion, thereby enabling the victors in the war against Nazi-ism to adopt the very practices for which the Nazis had been solemnly condemned at Nuremberg."1 The transformation followed thus: the concept that the elderly and terminally ill should have the right to die was promoted in books, newspapers, literature and even entertainment films, the most popular of which were entitled Ich klage an (I accuse) and Mentally Ill. One euthanasia movie, based on a novel by a National Socialist doctor, actually won a prize at the world-famous Venice Film Festival! Extreme hardship cases were cited which increasingly convinced the public to morally approve of euthanasia. The medical profession gradually grew accustomed to administering death to patients who, for whatever reasons, felt their low "quality of life" rendered their lives not worth living, or as it was put, liebensunwerten Lebens, (life unworthy of life).2 In an Associated Press release, published in the New York Times, October 10, 1933, entitled "Nazi Plan to Kill Incurables to End Pain; German Religious Groups Oppose Move," it was stated: "The Ministry of Justice, in a detailed memorandum explaining the Nazi aims regarding the German penal code, today announced its intentions to authorize physicians to end the sufferings of the incurable patient. “The memorandum...proposed that it shall be possible for physicians to end the tortures of incurable patients, upon request, in the interest of true humanity. “This proposed legal recognition of euthanasia - the act of providing a painless and peaceful death - raised a number of fundamental problems of a religious, scientific, and legal nature. “The Catholic newspaper Germania hastened to observe: 'The Catholic faith binds the conscience of its followers not to accept this method'... “In Lutheran circles, too, life is regarded as something that God alone can take.... “Euthanasia... has become a widely discussed word in the Reich.... “No life still valuable to the State will be wantonly destroyed."3 Nationalized health care and government involvement in medical care promised to improve the public's "quality of life."4 Unfortunately, the cost of maintaining government medical care was a contributing factor to the growth of the national debt, which reached astronomical proportions. Double and triple digit inflation crippled the economy, resulting in the public demanding that government cut expenses.5 This precipitated the 1939 order to cut federal expenses. The national socialist government decided do remove "useless" expenses from the budget, which included the support and medical costs required to maintain the lives of the retarded, insane, senile, epileptic, psychiatric patients, handicapped, deaf, blind, the non-rehabilitable ill, and those who had been diseased or chronically ill for five years or more. It was labeled an "act of mercy" to "liberate them through death," as they were viewed as having an extremely low "quality of life," as well as being a tax burden on the public. The public psyche was conditioned for this, as even school math problems compared distorted medical costs incurred by the taxpayer of caring for and rehabilitating the chronically sick, with the cost of loans to newly married couples for new housing units.6 The next whose lives were terminated by the state were the elderly in institutions who had no relatives and no financial resources. These lonely, forsaken individuals were needed by no one and would be missed by no one. Their "quality of life" was considered low by everyone's standards, and they were a tremendous tax burden on the economically distressed state.7 The next to be eliminated were the parasites on the state: the street people, bums, beggars, hopelessly poor, gypsies, prisoners, inmates and convicts. These were socially disturbing individuals incapable of providing for themselves, whose "quality of life" was considered by the public as irreversibly below standard, in addition to the fact that they were a nuisance to society and a seed-bed for crime.8 The liquidation grew to include those who had been unable to work, the socially unproductive, and those living on welfare or government pensions. They drew financial support from the state, but contributed nothing financially back. They were looked upon as "useless eaters," leeches, stealing from those who worked hard to pay the taxes to support them. Their unproductive lives were a burden on the "quality of life" of those who had to pay the taxes.9 The next to be eradicated were the ideologically unwanted, the political enemies of the state, religious extremists, and those "disloyal" individuals considered to be holding the government back from producing a society which would function well and provide everyone a better "quality of life." The moving biography of the imprisoned Dietrich Bonhoffer chronicled the injustices. These individuals also were a source of "human experimental material," allowing military medical research to be carried on with human tissue, thus providing valuable information which promised to improve the nation's health .10 Finally, justifying their actions on the purported theory of evolution, the Nazi's considered the German, or "Aryan," race as "ubermenschen," supermen, being more advanced in the supposed progress of human evolution. This resulted in the twisted conclusion that all other races, and in particular the Jewish race, were less evolved, and needed to be eliminated from the so-called "human gene pool," ensuring that future generations of humans would have a higher "quality of life."11 C. Everett Koop, M.D., stated: "The first step is followed by the second step. You can say that if the first step is moral then whatever follows must be moral. “The important thing, however, is this: whether you diagnose the first step as being one worth taking or being one that is precarious rests entirely on what the second step is likely to be... “I am concerned about this because when the first 273,000 German aged, infirm, and retarded were killed in gas chambers there was no outcry from that medical profession either, and it was not far from there to Auschwitz."12 Can this holocaust happen in America? Indeed, it has already begun. The idea of killing a person and calling it "death with dignity" is an oxymoron. The "mercy-killing" movement puts us on the same path as pre-Nazi Germany. The "quality of life" concept, which eventually results in the Hegelian utilitarian attitude of a person's worth being based on their contribution toward perpetuating big government, is in stark contrast to America's founding principles. This philosophy which lowers the value of human life, shocked attendees at the Governor's Commission on Disability, in Concord, New Hampshire, October 5, 2001, as they heard the absurd comments of Princeton University professor Peter Singer. The Associated Press reported Singer's comments: "I do think that it is sometimes appropriate to kill a human infant," he said, adding that he does not believe a newborn has a right to life until it reaches some minimum level of consciousness. "For me, the relevant question is, what makes it so seriously wrong to take a life?" Singer asked. "Those of you who are not vegetarians are responsible for taking a life every time you eat. Species is no more relevant than race in making these judgments."13 Singer's views, if left unchecked, could easily lead to a repeat of the atrocities of Nazi Germany, if not something worse. Add to that unbridled advances in the technology of cloning, DNA test which reveal physical defects, human embryos killed for the purpose of gathering stem cells to treat Diseases...and a haunting future unfolds before us. President Theodore Roosevelt's warning in 1909 seems appropriate: "Progress has brought us both unbounded opportunities and unbridled difficulties. Thus, the measure of our civilization will not be that we have done much, but what we have done with that much. “I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism. “The thought of modern industry in the hands of Christian charity is a dream worth dreaming. “The thought of industry in the hands of paganism is a nightmare beyond imagining. The choice between the two is upon us."14 In his State of the Union address in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt stated: "There are those who believe that a new modernity demands a new morality. “What they fail to consider is the harsh reality that there is no such thing as a new morality. “There is only one morality. All else is immorality. “There is only true Christian ethics over against which stands the whole of paganism. “If we are to fulfill our great destiny as a people, then we must return to the old morality, the sole morality.... “All these blatant sham reformers, in the name of a new morality, preach the old vice of self-indulgence which rotted out first the moral fiber and then even the external greatness of Greece and Rome."15 In biblical comparison, Jesus showed mercy by healing the sick and giving sanity back to the deranged, but never did he kill them. This attitude was exemplified by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whose version of "death with dignity" is to gather the dying from off the street, and show compassion to these rejected and abandoned members of the human race, all the while knowing that they may only survive for another half hour. Her "mercy-living" movement goes to great trouble to house, wash and feed even the most hopeless and derelict, because of inherent respect for the "sanctity of life" of each individual. This attitude is summed up in her statement: "I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve because I love Jesus."16 Will America chose the "sanctity of life" concept, as demonstrated by Mother Teresa, or will America chose the "quality of life" concept, championed by self-proclaimed doctors of death court decisions - such as in the case of Terri Schiavo - and continue its slide toward Auschwitz? What kind of subtle anesthetic has been allowed to deaden our national conscience? What horrors await us? The question is not whether the suffering and dying person's life should be terminated, the question is what kind of nation will we become if they are? Their physical death is preceded only by our moral death! |
That I don't get, is that if a person in a PVS has no brain, no feeling, no thoughts, no nothing; then how is providig thier body with food and water in any sense cruel? Can you explain that?
Bump
Terri's "husband!” That adulterous swine! So much for the sanctity of marriage. He had no respect for her or their marriage. His actions are evident.
NOBODY will answer my point. That is telling.
NONE of us would want to be in Terri Schiavo's place (while she was alive). NOBODY would want to live like that past even a year or so. Doesn't it mean anything to all the 'Christians' that a soul was trapped in a state worse than death?
Why will no one address this? Why is mercy killing such an awful sin? It was once considered the right thing to do. Now ... we are so civilized and technically advanced ... we can force someone into a living hell for decades and it doesn't bother anyone.
I'm living in a nightmare. Surrounded by what I thought were my compatriots and most of them would put me in a decades long living death if they got the chance.
You say nobody would want to be in that state but, if you don't even know what state you are in cause you are brain dead then what's the problem?
I'll tell you why. Because once you determine that someone is living in a state that calls for a "mercy killing," you've opened the door for a eugenics-based culture in which anything short of "perfection" is seen as a handicap of some sort. Just think of the rationale . . .
1. People who are [INSERT RACE OR ETHNICITY HERE] are five times more likely to grow up poor, ten times more likely to end up in prison, etc., etc.
2. Nobody would ever want to grow up poor, imprisoned, etc.
3. Therefore, all children of this race or ethnicity should be starved to death as infants in order to save them from this misery.
4. That is, after all, the "compassionate" thing to do -- isn't it?
In a country where "homosexual marriage" is not so far-fetched, I guess there's nothing wrong with Michael Schiavo bringing a date -- and their two illegitimate children -- to his wife's funeral.
I didn't think I could laugh tonight.
What a beautiful post.
The euthanasists have taken over for the Weimar Republic's adoption of this swarmy philosophy....they have blinded the eyes of our justice system to the SPIRIT of the LAW, and substituted the LETTER of the LAW...causing the most twisted literal 'execution' of an innocent with the finding of fact by one man.
Horrific.
Our founding fathers would be LIVID if they had had to witness this perversion of justice.
On that note, I have to get to bed soon. I've got a long day tomorrow, and since the weather is supposed to be bad I'm gonna just slack off for the weekend.
Hope to see you here tomorrow night. Thanks for the great posts and the interesting discussions!
AC
First off, you are WAY overstepping when you say that NONE of us would want to go on like that and EVERYONE has openly admitted to their friends and family, blah blah blah....
In fact, the vast majority of living wills I've seen refer to "extraordinary means" but specifically exclude nutrition and hydration. People simply aren't willing to take that additional step.
What kind of sick and twisted perversion of life do you have to call starving and dehydrating a merely disabled person "loving compassion" and "right and moral". Don't you dare preach morality to us!
Let me tell you a story that I have told over and over and I cannot get ONE person who has posted in favor of killing Terri to respond to:
Very close friends of mine have a son who suffered brain damage at birth. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck. He appears EXACTLY like Terri Schiavo did and reacts to his environment in EXACTLY the same way.
Should his parents kill him because they are tired of pushing his wheelchair through Disney World on their family vacations? Would the merciful and moral thing to do be to affirmatively kill their child because of an unfortunate circumstance at birth? Or do they accept this child given to them by God and give him the most comfortable, loving environment they can until his NATURAL death?
And yes, he relies on a feeding tube.
You are so right. What was supposed to be the court-sanctioned method to rid oneself of a medical inconvenience called "pregnancy" early on has become the act of jamming scissors into the skull of a nine month in utero human being seconds before birth.
Slippery slope, indeed!
Have a good day tomorrow. See you then.
"The quote sounds quite different from your interpretation, IMHO, I'm not sure that mine is the one that is distorted."
Maybe I can clarify it for you. That quote clearly does not say that God ordered the events of 9-11, or that He personally designed and carried them out to punish America for abortion.
The quote says: "the abortionists have got to bear some burdon for this....I point the thing in their face and say you helped this happen".
As a Christian who has read and studied the Bible many, many times, to me Falwell's warning does not mean that God has taken up arms and attacked us. As in the Bible verse below, it means that God has turned His protective eyes away from America because we displease Him by killing millions of His children in the womb, and by legalizing homosexuality.
In short, God will not bless a country that elevates sin to the level of "human rights". We can't expect His protection under these circumstances. It's like paying for a prostitute and asking God to protect you from STDs. So in this regard I totally agree with Mr. Falwell's admonition.
The abominations of Nazism & Liberal-Socialism have many similarities as well as sharing the same roots.
"...I am beginning to believe it's whole 'ethos' is about the ultimate destruction of Humanity - all roads seem to point there; falling birth rates, euthanasia, appeasement of evil.. the list goes on!"
If we -- as a race -- are still capable of interpreting the literal meaning of words anymore?
Than we are compelled to agree what the acronym NAZI originally stood for.
"Nationalist Socialist Party (of Germany).
And therein tells the tale.
It would do us all well to think long & hard about that in light of the repeated attempts to redefine the meanings of words in our language, eh?
...do us well, indeed.
Scientologists
and Bush turned me into a
newt! (I got better . . .)
I trust you are writing from your underground bunker in Montana.
And by the way, I don't want to alarm you, but I heard from an inside source here at FR that the FBI is now seeking to declare you, yes you, to be in a persistent vegetative state. Whatever you do, don't fall asleep.
It must be hard for you to see well with your head in the sand like that...or is it up some other place?
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