{"id":6971,"date":"2013-01-28T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=6971"},"modified":"2014-12-29T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T04:57:57","slug":"parsing-killing-with-impunity-and-manufacturing-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/01\/parsing-killing-with-impunity-and-manufacturing-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsing Killing With Impunity and Manufacturing Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In case you were wondering, the devil is at work all over the world, not just here in America.<\/p>\n

One case in point is a suggested revision to Dutch statutes that I mentioned in an earlier post<\/a>\u00a0to allow medical personnel to euthanize minors and Alzheimer\u2019s sufferers. Ironically, these are two groups of people who are considered incompetent to make most legal decisions for themselves. The proposed law was drafted in part by Senator Philippe Mahoux.<\/p>\n

Our world is so spiritually sick that we try to parse and channel legalized murder. We have laws that point to one group of people and say in effect, \u201cyou may kill them with impunity\u201d then, we have other laws that point to another group of people and say \u201cif you kill them it is an atrocity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, which is it? Is it an atrocity to kill the innocent, or is it something we may do with impunity?<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s time for us as a society to stop allowing the controlled killing of innocents. Maybe we should stop cozying up to killing and making it our pal by calling it a \u201cright.\u201d Maybe we should simplify things and just say that, with the single exception of self-defense, it\u2019s wrong to kill people. Period.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an unsophisticated way to handle things, I know. It\u2019s also bound to make things hard for someone out there who claims that their desire to kill someone else is, in fact, a kindness and their \u201cright.\u201d But it might have the effect of re-erecting that fence around human life once again. You know the one, the fence of law, morality and custom that keeps us safe from one another.<\/p>\n

Instead of going out and putting ourselves into tiny prisons and police state boxes in our zeal to be safe, perhaps we should just simplify our thinking and go back to the fuddy-duddy Christian notion that every individual has an inherent right to life because they are a unique and irreplaceable human being made in the image and likeness of God.<\/p>\n

I know that\u2019s not a very politically-correct way to approach this. But our recent history of parsing the freedom to kill hasn\u2019t worked so well for us. Our society has become a monster factory. Maybe we should ask ourselves why.<\/p>\n

The France 54 International News article describing this proposed law says in part:<\/p>\n

AFP \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Belgium is considering a significant change to its decade-old euthanasia law that would allow minors and Alzheimer\u2019s sufferers to seek permission to die.<\/p>\n

The proposed changes to the law were submitted to parliament Tuesday by the Socialist party and are likely to be approved by other parties, although no date has yet been put forward for a parliamentary debate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is to update the law to take better account of dramatic situations and extremely harrowing cases we must find a response to,\u201d party leader Thierry Giet said.<\/p>\n

The draft legislation calls for \u201cthe law to be extended to minors if they are capable of discernment or affected by an incurable illness or suffering that we cannot alleviate.\u201d (Read more here<\/a>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case you were wondering, the devil is at work all over the world, not just here in America. One case in point is a suggested revision to Dutch statutes that I mentioned in an earlier post\u00a0to allow medical personnel to euthanize minors and Alzheimer\u2019s sufferers. 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