You might recall that British politician, Colin Brewer, who last year said that disabled children should be killed to save taxpayer money. You might recall that at the time he apologized and stepped down in disgrace. But you probably didn’t know that he was re-elected to his old seat this year. And he’s at it again.
This time, he reportedly compared disabled children to deformed lambs that need to be culled. In an interview with none other than the Disability News Service, Councillor (yeah, they spell it that way) Brewer said that perhaps we should be treating disabled children like the runt of a litter of lambs which are often disposed of by smashing them against the wall.
‘If they have a misshapen lamb, they get rid of it,” he said. “They get rid of it. Bang.”
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May 14, 2013 at 12:50 pm
So the emphasis is on dollars and government and what is de-emphasized is an individual life. Either way, this is yet another decision we don't want in the hands of government.
May 14, 2013 at 1:27 pm
How dare this man abuse his public position to call for the murder of innocent children who are sick or have a disability? He should be tried for incitement to hatred, incitement to murder, etc. And parents of children with disabilities or persons with disabilities themselves, ought to sue him for mental suffering, placing them at risk of physical attack, contempt, etc. This man is not fit to hold public office.
May 14, 2013 at 1:33 pm
How dare this man abuse his public position to call for the murder of innocent children who have a disability of some kind? This is incitement to hatred, incitement to violence, including murder. He ought to be prosecuted. Also, he ought to be sued by persons with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, etc. for the mental suffering, the contempt and physical attacks he is exposing them to. He is also attacking public morality, truth, justice, decency and solidarity. He is unfit for public office.
May 14, 2013 at 2:34 pm
I guess Hitler did conquer Britain
May 14, 2013 at 2:44 pm
….to colin bewer,
Oh no, you didn't!
I may respond later, after rosary, when I'm in a better frame of mind!
May 14, 2013 at 3:18 pm
Children are not lambs.
May 14, 2013 at 4:26 pm
The councilman sounds like a protege of that mass murderer gosnell. Those two might consider pairing up with another failure, Richard dawkins, the guy who thinks children as old as one could be euthanized if they don't seem to be fulfilling a normal role or develop normally. They can team up with obama for a brave new world.
May 14, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Well, if someone does not believe that human beings have an immortal soul and that we are created in the image and likeness of God, then we are no different from animals.
But, even if we are just animals (which I do not believe, of course) I do not think many of us would even consider thinking about being so cruel.
Surely such men are truly insane.
Joan M
May 14, 2013 at 7:09 pm
…I know this platform, and have previously engaged it well,
The Fascist Playbook, Dedicated to peter singer ;(
SOME HUMANS ARE JUST BETTER THAN OTHERS
SECTION A Catagorization:
DEHUMINIZATION
Recognition of the disabled, infirm, elderly, injured, marginalized, unwanted, dispossessed and disinfranchaised as subordinate "others".
CONTEXT HEADING
Rationalization No# 6 "SUB-HUMAN:
(The throwback, archaic "kitchen sink" arguments)
…judging standards according to "superior" human intellectual norms.
…claiming assess to, and disposal of private and public resources and assets, as being "wasted" on their behalf.
…enforcing the disposal of "undesirables" by the cheapest and most environmentally safest way possible.
……..
PROPAGANDA
Article 3 MAXIM:
The Last "Crust" of Bread Argument
Implicate and emphasis a rarity and scarcity of resources.
Create and underscore competition for said resources.
Maintain elitist power base and control by limiting options and choices of the "new" others, after the "old" others have been eliminated.
May 14, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Logical end of pro-choice beliefs because of the corrupt core underlying them.