Lessons, Then and Now

So, as you may have read on here before, I kind of freaked out about the Netherlands' youthanasia stance and it seems that Metafilter has caught the story as well.

Then there's this guy who basically says that no baby should ever die, no matter how much pain it might be in.

Perhaps he should clue himself in.

Choice quote:

"At least with the elderly sick, they had to be consulted about their wishes. Newborns receive no such privilege.

I'm not surprised."

Of course drugs and prostitution are blamed shortly after. If staunch conservatives are anything, they are predictable.

I'm very grateful to the comment on my own blog post, as it took my overreaction and simmered it down quite effectively. The same should happen to this Cal person. He simply needs a wake up call. He needs to realize that his right-wing no-room-for-discussion politics can mean a lot of hurt for people who don't necessarily need it.

This is a hot topic and a touchy one at best. Regardless, the right-wing Fox News Channel is going to have a field day with this one and quickly villify the Netherlands as The Place Where Infants Are Slaughtered Daily.

So yay for Right Wing Conversative assholes and "the most syndicated op-ed writer in the country."