Culture Of Life 101… “The First Time Around: Euthanasia In Nazi Germany”
By BRIAN CLOWES Conclusion (Editor’s Note: Brian Clowes has been director of research and training at Human Life International since 1995. For an electronic copy of chapter 23 of The Facts of Life, a 150-page treatise on all of the aspects of euthanasia, e-mail him at bclowes@hli.org.) + + + Step 2: Dehumanization The first step toward the legalization of euthanasia is the launch of a saturation propaganda campaign with the eager assistance of the media. The second step is to dehumanize the target populations. Most societies consider it morally repugnant to exterminate those who are traditionally recognized as human beings, so the elderly and ill must be demoted from persons to non-persons. Nazi Germany. It is significant that anti-Semitism…Continue Reading