Globe and Mail Op Ed Propaganda for Renewal of Eugenics

LifeSiteNews ^ | 7/13/06 | Hilary White

[Aquinasfan]

#11 is a great post!

[Aquinasfan]

I mean #14.

[Louis Foxwell]

TYVM

[after dark]

C. Smyth will become one of those women who will say that your kid is retarded if he or she trips once. She will have no patience for anyones short comings. Even worse she will attribute the existence of less than perfect people to selfishness. The parents were selfish for having children if they are not perfect.The parents were selfish for not having genetic testing done to their unborn babies.The parents were selfish for not killing their unborn babies once the tests proved the babies were imperfect. In fact, any less than perfect person is selfish if they do not kill themselves in order to make the world a better place for the perfect people.

[BlessedBeGod]

the doctor clears out the uterus

Is that the new feel-good euphemism for having an abortion?

Sick, sick, sick.

[8mmMauser]

Pinged from Terri JULY Dailies

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[Irish_Thatcherite]

Smyth writes, “Isn't it more cruel to bring a child burdened with so many disadvantages into the world?”

Nothing is more cruel than robbing someone of a chance at life!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Canada ping!

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping Irish.

Canada ping.

Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[wagglebee]

Isn't it more cruel to bring a child burdened with so many disadvantages into the world?”

Something about anyone who is not blonde-haired, blue-eyed, 6 feet tall and right-handed comes to mind.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Something about anyone who is not blonde-haired, blue-eyed, 6 feet tall and right-handed comes to mind.

Uh-oh - I have dark hair, well under 6 feet, and am left-handed!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Thanks for the ping Irish.

Welcome, fan!

[wagglebee]

Yeah, me too except, but I am right-handed and have blue eyes!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Uh-oh, I've also got brown eyes!!

Actually, shouldn't Hitler have gassed himself? He was hardly an Aryan! ;)

[Tax-chick]

Thanks for the ping! I saw the original piece written by the mother (spit when you say that ...) and was absolutely stuned.

As an older mother (just turned 40), I'm acutely aware of the increasing possibility of having a disabled child. It's taken us several years to be at peace about this possibility, while continuing to welcome more children into our family. My mother was very anxious during my most recent pregnancy; dealing with her fears caused me more stress than my own concerns!

One important point is that, while some disabled children experience great suffering (pain, multiple surgeries, paralysis, etc.) that's not the case for many others, including children with Down's Syndrome. They do not experience their condition as a special hardship. The difficulties are felt by the rest of the population.

I had a mental breakthrough when discussing Terri Schiavo's condition with another FReeper. My son James was about 9 months old then, and I realized that, even if he never developed mentally beyond his present age - only grew bigger physically - he would still be happy, as long as he was fed, cleaned, and loved. He didn't need to speak, read, walk, or even roll over to live contentedly. He would only need simple, life-sustaining care ... and LOVE.

Often we look at the condition of the disabled and revolt, saying, "I wouldn't want to live like that; I'd rather be dead!" However, that's the subjective judgment of a healthy adult considering alternatives, not the subjective judgment of a disabled (especially mentally disabled) person. None of us wants to be a 9-month-old baby again, having achieved adulthood, but a baby given proper care and LOVE is happy in his condition, not suffering or "burdened."

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Wow!! Well said, TC!! :)

Often we look at the condition of the disabled and revolt, saying, "I wouldn't want to live like that; I'd rather be dead!"

When you think about it, that attitude is really a form a snobbery, or even bigotry - it's certainly a form of prejudice; it's like a rich man saying; "I'd hate to be poor", or a white saying; "I'd hate to be black".

Of course, it's a form of prejudice that's conpiculously absent from liberal finger wagging...

[Tax-chick]

Good points - there is definitely an analogy with poverty and even race. The same people who want to abort disabled children in the United States or Canada also want to eliminate children in Africa and Asia. "It's better to have never been born than to be a poor (black!) child in Ethiopia."

It's ironic how little value *other people's* lives can have, isn't it?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The same people who want to abort disabled children in the United States or Canada also want to eliminate children in Africa and Asia.

Think of why DDT was banned - it was great in the battle against malaria!

It's ironic how little value *other people's* lives can have, isn't it?

Someone once pointed out that the "sanctity of life" is been replaced with the "quality of life" - morality replaced with utility!

[Tax-chick]

Think of why DDT was banned - it was great in the battle against malaria!

Yes, and millions of Africans and Asians, mostly children, die from malaria each year, now. But it's for the Environment !!!!