Thread by wagglebee on eugenics and euthanasia.
At the dawn of the Nazi era, a prominent Minneapolis physician sent a letter to Adolf Hitler, praising his "plan to stamp out mental inferiority among the German people."
At the time, Dr. Charles Dight was an influential public leader, a former city alderman who had founded the Minnesota Eugenics Society. As such, he believed that the "feebleminded" were unfit to have children. He didn't hide his admiration for the German chancellor....
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Thread by wagglebee on suicide machine.
A German lawyer and politician has unveiled Europe's first suicide machine for people with a death wish as "an act of Christian love".
The machine that can be rented and is then collected to be re-used by other clients kills painlessly at the push of a button.
It was unveiled by Dr Roger Kusch, 53, head of a suicide assistance society in German, who said: "Press one button, and seconds later death arrives."..........
Controversial push-button suicide machine to be rented to people with a death wish
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