The modern T4 program - following the example of the Nazi Party

Have you ever wondered where the term euthanasia came from? The term euthanasia was used as an euphamism for "mercy killing" in Nazi Germany. However, the concept dates back to the philosophy of Jermemy Bentham

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In Hitler's Germany, the Nazi Party was preoccupied with ensuring racial purity, racial hygiene and national health and they were fairly consistent in their attempts to remove the people that they thought were unfit to remain and produce inferior offspring. In 1935 the Nuremburg Laws provided for enforced sterilization of those who were considered to be unfit to produce offspring, including the forced sterilization of the physically disabled, the mentally handicapped, as well as children who were half-breeds.

If one were to examine the demand for euthanasia in our society today, one can see the obvious parallels in thinking between that of the Nazi Party and the proponents of the involuntary death of the mentally and physically disabled. It is probable that the number of physically and mentally disabled patients who perished at the hands of the Nazis could be as high as 300, 000. It is not possible to estimate the exact number who were exterminated prior to the Final Solution.

The first parallel between euthanasia in Nazi Germany and euthanasia today is the targetting of the sick, mentally and physically disabled and the elderly. This becomes obvious when one begins to compare and contrast the language that was used then, and the language that is used in the 21st Century when discussing what is becoming the world's Final Solution against those who are considered to be inferior in some way. There is a bridge that crosses between the two eras, and that bridge is the language and terminology employed by the followers of L. Ron Hubbard. Bioethecists such as Peter Singer have been using terminology that strips away the meaning of human, such that being alive or human does not apply to the unborn, the mentally and physically handicapped, as well as anyone who is incapacitated as a result of an accident involving brain injury. There is an universal trend towards the notion that if one is not able to reason then that person is not alive. This kind of thinking is also at the heart of L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology movement.

The second parallel is that of the language that is employed to describe the people who are considered by the Nazi Party, as well as by Scientologists to be non people who should be eliminated from society. It was Hitler who had introduced the notion of the alleged superiority of the Aryan race, and anyone who did not measure up was considered as "trash" . This has been perfected in Florida where a disabled woman is being put on death row because of a court order for her execution. Her crime? There is no crime because it is her husband who wants her dead. The difficulty in the Schindler vs Schiavo case is that Michael Schiavo and his lawyers are claiming that Terri is "dead", yet how they define "death" is not the usage of the ordinary man. The culture of death people who are behind this action are attempting to change the meaning of "death" in the English language. The methodology being applied is that of a media campaign that is designed to confuse the ordinary person about what is meant by death. The campaign that is being pursued is one that encourages what they term "mercy killing" for all citizens, not just in the USA but throughout the world who are considered to be useless. The list of those who are affected by this deceitful campaign includes: children with spina bifida, cerebal palsy, blind, deaf, Downs Syndrome, any rare disease that affects the quality of life. plus children and adults who are suffering from cancer, crippling forms of arthritis, as well as those who are suffering from Alzheimer's disease, dementia due to old age, brain damage as a result of a stroke or injury, as well as those who are paraplegic and quadraplegic.

The third parallel between then and now is the contempt towards the physically and mentally disabled, as well as the elderly and those who are terminally ill. The term that is used is "euthanasia". It is meant to be "doctor assisted suicide" but it is a lot more than that today. There is also a parallel between the desire of the Nazis to rid the population of the people that are referred to as trash by Hitler, and the desire of the Scientologists to ensure the death of people that they consider to not have the right to continue to live. Anyone who requires life support is at risk of being classified as not being worth the effort to revive them. In fact there is a trend for doctors in the major hospitals to pressure relatives of the grave ill, especially those brain damaged as a result of a stroke, to accept the idea of posting a "do not resucitate" order. In such circumstances it requires a lot of strength to fight on with the loved one such that he or she dies peacefully but not as the result of neglect, or even passive euthanasia.

When one begins to contrast the kind of language employed within Scientology, there is an overwhelming revulsion towards the policies that have been implemented in the name of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. In fact there are some rather chilling parallels between L. Ron Hubbard and Adolf Hitler. Yet it is not just the adherents of Scientology that are using this language. It is very widespread within the medical community, and it is being taught within courses on bioethics by Peter Singer and his cohorts. There is a very dangerous trend towards the idea that one must save animals but any vulnerable human is not worth the effort because they are non-persons, and they no longer exist or function as humans, thus making them the target of the merchants of death.