As Belgium considers a new euthanasia law for kids<\/a>, the question arises: Is this the \u201cWhat could it hurt?\u201d phase of history, or the \u201cHow were we supposed to know?\u201d phase?<\/p>\nOutrage builds on outrage with such increasing speed, you have less time to get numbed to the previous one before the next one hits you in the face.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s times like this I hang on to the hope that for the sake of 10 righteous in Belgium (or America) God will not send the Comet of Planetary Obliteration.<\/p>\n
Those righteous are children.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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