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Well, of course there are as many answers to that question as there are grains of sand, but two articles have recently left me next to speechless and wondering how on earth some people sleep at night.
The first piece was written on a libertarian blog (which drives me crazy, because I espouse many libertarian views--extremely small government, etc.), by someone who's written pieces for The Washington Times. The basic thrust of his piece is that Sarah Palin should have aborted her baby that was prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome. You can find that piece here:
http://ruleofreason.blogspot.com/2008/09/palins-down-syndrome-child-and-right-to.htm
The second piece is an article that appeared in the Telegraph, which quotes Baroness Warnock (sorry, I must admit I've no clue who she is, but apparently she's got some sort of weight across the pond) as arguing that people with "dementia" should be put out of their misery. You can find that article here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2983652/Baroness-Warnock-Dementia-sufferers-may-have-a-duty-to-die.html?source=EMC-new_19092008
You know--I barely know what to say. I'm for free speech, but what type of bottom-feeder do you have to be to say that someone should have aborted their baby.
So much for the lessons of history. Hitler would be proud.
The first piece was written on a libertarian blog (which drives me crazy, because I espouse many libertarian views--extremely small government, etc.), by someone who's written pieces for The Washington Times. The basic thrust of his piece is that Sarah Palin should have aborted her baby that was prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome. You can find that piece here:
http://ruleofreason.blogspot.com/2008/09/palins-down-syndrome-child-and-right-to.htm
The second piece is an article that appeared in the Telegraph, which quotes Baroness Warnock (sorry, I must admit I've no clue who she is, but apparently she's got some sort of weight across the pond) as arguing that people with "dementia" should be put out of their misery. You can find that article here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2983652/Baroness-Warnock-Dementia-sufferers-may-have-a-duty-to-die.html?source=EMC-new_19092008
You know--I barely know what to say. I'm for free speech, but what type of bottom-feeder do you have to be to say that someone should have aborted their baby.
So much for the lessons of history. Hitler would be proud.