Unhappy Anniversary
Emily Byer from The Parousian Post blog has a good article in the LSU newspaper on Planned Parenhood's 90th anniversary and its founder Magaret Sanger. There have been several comments to her article, most positive, but one that is extremely scary.
But we ARE [at least physically] nothing more than highly civilized animals! Just another piece of the life-web that unluckily has too many members and the power to destroy all the web's other members.
As for Eugenics - it is actually good, logical sense to let the infirm and addled live fulfilling fun live but NOT let them breed. How much strain would be taken off the healthcare system, how much misery avoided... In fact pre-WWII it was de-rigueur in most of US law; until Hitler became associated with the term. Tell us, really, what good does let 2 severally retarded and blind people reproduce do anyone?
Eugenics might be "playing God" but as Francis Crick said, "Someone has to." If that is not for you then fine; stick to your "alternate view" and beliefs and stay out of the way of the rest of us. Don't like abortion - don't have one. Don't like sex - avoid it too.
As for socialism - some parts of that are quite fine - like socialized medicine.
Well I guess that is one way to defend racist eugenists Margaret Sanger. You just got to enjoy those bumper sticker platitudes like "Don't like abortion - don't have one." Don't like slavery, don't own one. Don't like murder, don't kill anyone. Though what immediately comes to mind is in this commenter's case " Don't like reason, don't use it. "
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and the obvious reasoning that two blind people having a child will lead to a blind child. Guess they flunked biology too.
But this morally-challenged person would probably have no issue defending the actions of a lesbian couple who requested the sperm donor for their child be deaf, so they (both deaf) could raise a deaf child.
Guess that eugenics thing only applies when you don't particularly like the people to whom you'd like it to apply.
I hope more people publicize and make (more) obvious the connection between Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, and eugenics, especially the racism and discrimination against the handicapped aspects.
As long as it leads to conversion and not conscience-killing. Hail Mary, pray for us sinners!
The thing I find most ironic is, Margaret Sanger really had it in for poor people, not neccessarily a particular racial group. Don't the libs LOVE the poor? Aren't they just bleeding their little hearts out to come up with social programs to house, feed and educate the poor? They sure did change their tune in a hurry!
So now, instead of welfare, there will be forced birth control and abortion- oh wait, China beat them to that...
Please keep in mind many ofht eprograms designed to assist the poor are also pushing birth-control and abortion. It is very easy have an abortion or get just about any kind of contraceptie if on public aide, and usually it is pushed and in many cases practically forced. Not really a change of song, just a disguise.
"Eugenics may be playing God but as Francis Crick said, 'Someone has to."
Now who's that someone? The commenter?
There's the question of what standards will we use in determining who's fit to live. From the point of view of the enlightened commenter, who is most likely of average IQ, a retarded person is not smart enough to deserve to live. But what if Einstein will be the standard of who's smart enough to deserve to live? Will the commenter (as well as the rest of us) be smart enough to deserve to live?
If contributing to society with work is the way to determine who's worthy to live, then my students with learning disabilities will be ahead of the "perfect" students. They have great attendance, work part-time jobs, and always do their best.
"Don't like abortion - don't have one."
"Don't like murder, don't kill anyone."
I'm having trouble seeing why I couldn't use the same logic to justify "Like murder? Kill someone."
Eugenics may be playing God but as Francis Crick said, 'Someone has to."
Uh....how about they let God play God?
Duh....