If you believe we are not going to start killing off the old

You are simply too gullible to live in the Culture of Death.

A reader writes:

“On Thursday, the board of Sutton and Merton primary care trust (PCT) in London agreed more than £50 million of savings in two years. The plan included more than £400,000 to be saved by “reducing length of stay” in hospital for the terminally ill.”

More Newspeak. “Mommy, where’s grandma?” “She reduced her length of stay, dear.”
“As well as sending more patients home to die, the paper said the savings would be made by admitting fewer terminally ill cancer patients to hospital because they were struggling to cope with symptoms such as pain. Instead, more patients would be given advice on “self management” of their condition.”
I see — “Here’s your pills, try not to take too many and don’t call us if the pain gets worse.” Apparently Britain’s ruling class would prefer that patients not euthenize themselves in public and frighten the horses.