http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/ontario-police-aware-hateful-letter-telling-family-euthanize-171036930.html... Abhorrent. "Euthanize?" How lovely....
See, first (after the reform era) they had mental institutions called "asylums," and at least in theory they were called that as a place of refuge. That is, it was a place of refuge for the mentally ill, from you, everyone else.... They were supposed to be places where the insane could seek respite from the world, which nature in its cruelty did not give them the ability to deal with fairly. Sadly the reality was that these places ended up being terrible. Now, nobody wants to pay to establish, run and properly maintain these places, so logically, we have to have severely mentally disabled people out in the world. Again, won't pay for proper treatment, so by default they are left out in the world (hence why many homeless people have mental illnesses).
So, not wanting to properly pay for inpatient care, outpatient treatment, or any type of services for this poor child, the neighbor just thinks the kid should be dead or at least not within earshot.... NIMBY (Not in my back yard).
One of the problems with treating people as their medical condition is that it becomes so much easier to dehumanize them. It's so much easier to gloss over things like an individual's rights, or freedoms. No, they become "a disease" with ... terrible ... awful symptoms.... And not to worry, there is a cure for said disease, or at least a treatment--cruelty... We are cruel and seek a way to justify it....
I look at this line of thinking with such disdain....
That person is hurting, unjustly as a rule. Rather than contempt, compassion?
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http://news.yahoo.com/scalia-court-shouldnt-invent-minorities-221932818.htmlEver since, the whole
Corporations can behind the scenes bribe, I mean campaign contribution "Corporations are people with free speech rights" ~ Citizens United.... You've lost any and all credibility from that point onward in my eyes. Because, if you follow this logic, then Brown v. Board of Education would've never happened. I mean hey, by this line of thinking, Brown v. Board should've been decided the other way until and unless Congress decided to pass a law forbidding segregation of black people and white people.... Pre existing things like the US Constitution aren't good enough? 14th amendment's right to life liberty and property not good enough? Equal protection clause? Pick one.
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