The Germans Have a Word For It

For John, BLUF:  There is no reason to think we are immune from really terrible ideas.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Emotions high on both sides of L'Italien's right-to-die bill

This is from The [Lowell] Sun, Reporter J.D. Capelouto, Statehouse Correspondent, Datelined 27 September 2017.

The article is at the link, above.

The two things to remember are one, once legal there will be pressure for folks to follow through and die. Second, after they come for the terminally ill they will come for the worthless eaters and then they will come for those with birth defects.  Just ask those who actually follow history.♠

This is an old idea.♥  And a slippery slope.

This is wrong and for members of our society not to recognize it is disturbing.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Think about the poem by German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), "First they came …".
♥  The Germans had a term for it back in 1939.  It was Gnadentod.  You can get a Kindle version of the 1920 book Permitting the Destruction of Life Unworthy of Life for $4.99.