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A Graying Italy Looks to Euthanasia to Solve Its Demographic Problems
Breitbart ^ | 8/27/21 | Thomas D. Williams PH.D.

Posted on 08/29/2021 9:58:51 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

ROME, Italy — Over 750,000 Italians have signed a petition for a public referendum on legalizing euthanasia, guaranteeing its presence in the next national elections, local media reported this week.

The three-quarters of a million signatures collected so far comfortably surpass the 500,000 needed to force an Italian referendum on the issue, and observers suggest the referendum could be voted on as early as next year.

Italy, which has the oldest population of any country in Europe and the second oldest population in the entire world, may soon legalize an escape chute for those wishing to unburden family members or the state. Even for those who do not wish it, the pressure to “do the right thing” will be substantial.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2evil4words; demographics; eu; euthanasia; italy
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Was just last year they were worried about Covid killing off all the old folks.

Just can’t make up their minds.


21 posted on 08/29/2021 10:36:02 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I have visited friends who had the misfortune to wind up in an Italian hospital. With the level of care that I witnessed, they don’t need to practice euthanasia.


22 posted on 08/29/2021 10:41:04 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

They don’t need euthanasia. Covid will do it.


23 posted on 08/29/2021 10:50:44 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

WOW


24 posted on 08/29/2021 10:50:46 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Why stop at the elderly? Drop the age to 30 as in LOGAN’S RUN.


25 posted on 08/29/2021 10:53:49 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (30 days! FB jail for mentioning a Monty Python script about tranneys, and the 1936 Olympics.)
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To: Brilliant

Socialized medicine will do it.

Just look at the the UK’s NHS and how it treats seniors. Including the ones who don’t have a death wish.


26 posted on 08/29/2021 10:55:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: ChuckHam

27 posted on 08/29/2021 11:05:09 AM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less)
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To: frank ballenger

It’s interesting to see the Catholic Church reap what it has sown over the course of many years. State-sponsored euthanasia is the inevitable consequence of having health care systems run by secular governments. And the Church has been instrumental in making that happen everywhere it has exerted any influence at all.


28 posted on 08/29/2021 11:13:56 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the Italian government import and enthusiastically bring in thousands of Chinese to help ease the “labor burden” caused by their aged population? If my memory serves me correctly right up to the destruction the first wave of Covid caused Italy the government was a running a “Hug a Chinaman” campaign to counter bias among the masses.


29 posted on 08/29/2021 11:21:55 AM PDT by MissEdie (Be the Light in Someone's Darkness.)
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To: napscoordinator

What’s your point? Mandated “suicide” is the answer?


30 posted on 08/29/2021 11:23:27 AM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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To: I want the USA back

Those old politicians should be at the front of the line.


31 posted on 08/29/2021 11:26:07 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: frank ballenger

It seems the Nazis won after all.


32 posted on 08/29/2021 11:32:06 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

That’s the ticket.Kill off the elderly,That will increase the birth rates.I think not.


33 posted on 08/29/2021 11:46:32 AM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

This is the flip side of pure evil abortion. Just as evil


34 posted on 08/29/2021 11:58:05 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! I could )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

They already have the clot shot.


35 posted on 08/29/2021 12:00:53 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Rummyfan

They almost killed me there when I was a small child.


36 posted on 08/29/2021 12:05:41 PM PDT by Trillian
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... may soon legalize an escape chute for those wishing to unburden family members or the state.

Hmmn, Biden meets the criteria, he's a burden to all.

37 posted on 08/29/2021 12:09:44 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: cgbg

So COVID didn’t work well for them


38 posted on 08/29/2021 12:50:12 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: LouAvul

I don’t know. But not much of a life. It depends on if you feel she deserves that. Some provably do feel the way you do.


39 posted on 08/29/2021 4:03:12 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

invest in alternative medicine stocks. No one will want to go to the doctor anymore....................


40 posted on 08/29/2021 5:20:49 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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