I think I have made my point fairly well.
1. I wasn't advocating controlling popullation growth.
What is the point of this statement? I did not say that you were.
On the contrary my point was that we didn't have excess popullations. I was advocating a more equitable distribution of wealth. (Point missed by your good self
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I did not miss this point - it is simply trivial in comparison to the issue I was raising and so I consciously ignored it. As an aside though, in what way is this an "equitable" distribution of wealth? Absurd.
2. In response to reducing popullation in a civilised way - a valid point raised by another member - I merely added my opinion we should consider revising our approach to looking after the very frail, incapacitated elderly if they could not be supported by their own immediate family or resources. Instead of trying to control new births. In effect diverting limited finite resources from the old to the young. Merely a point for discussion.
So you do advocate killing certain innocent people against their will, which was my point all along. This is nothing but murder and the suggestion that we consider it is evil.
You have noticed some qualifying words and taken it out of context - twisted it by applying to handicapped and charged - high on your horse...
I do not understand what you mean by "You have noticed some qualifying words" - I suspect that you mean the opposite of what you wrote. Nonetheless, I have taken nothing out of context - I have accurately stated your position, which is that you believe that the state should have the ability to kill certain elderly people against their will.
I introduced the question of severly handicapped to see whether you understood the logical implications of your support for state-sponsored murder. You claim that the state should be able to kill certain people against their will on the grounds not of age but of poor quality of life and the burden they place upon public resources. If this is the case, this would surely apply equally to those who are severely handicapped and lack private resources sufficient to cover their own care.
Why not apply the same civilised approach to the handicapped. If immediate family members do not look after their own flesh and blood - and an individual is very much incapacitated by their handicap (and in some cases they endure much pain) the same could apply to them. There have been some cases in the press where couples unable to cope have killed their own to end their suffering. Another couple committed suicide all together at the loss of a loved child. In the spectrum of life there are many 000s of suffering bodies within the constraints of our judicial systems.
And here you admit (despite your odd reference to my high horse) that you would indeed support the murder of the handicapped as well as the elderly (under certain circumstances).
Perhaps our rules and policies on euthanasia - death wrt to old age and severe handicapped people can be reconsidered and revised. Changing our approach to these personal life and death issues can be for the good. It is merely an idea. I wasn't suggesting a compulsory execution. But to have daft laws against them is stupid. Law of the jungle will take care of it sooner or later anyway as has been mentioned.
Euthanasia is an entirely different question - you advocate killing even when the person in question does not wish to die. This makes the statement " I wasn't suggesting a compulsory execution" false. Compulsory execution (or murder, to give it its correct name) is what you are suggesting in circumstances where people have sufficiently low quality of life and cannot afford their own care costs.
I am all reducing wars and deaths, raising of taxes and equitable distribution of wealth. Always have been. I am a socialist at heart.
Calling me Vile cretin who advocates murder? That is a little strong - do you think?
Well, you advocate murder (killing innocent people against their will) so that part is accurate. No, it is not a little strong - people that advocate murder are vile. And wicked, evil, hateful and a host of other unpleasant things. So I'm fine with that part too.
As for cretin, your posting record speaks for itself. Nonetheless, I will highlight one very recent example. You proclaim yourself to be a socialist.
OK, you would possibly not agree that this is sufficient evidence. You would be wrong, but still.
You say that there is a case for killing certain burdensome members of society. You do not however advocate the same where people have the wherewithal to survive without placing a burden on the state - in other words, people with very considerable private means. You therefore advocate a situation where poor people are killed against their will (this is still murder by the way) because they cannot afford the care necessary to keep them alive. However, people that can afford to pay will be permitted to live, solely on the basis of their wealth. I should point again that you claim to be a socialist.
No, I do not think cretin is a little strong. I think it is fairly charitable.