natasha kraus wrote:
> >
> >Dear Carolyn,
> >actually, this argument has been used to kill, enslave, and imprison all
> >three of the groups mentioned. Please don't forget that Nazi Germany
> >imprisoned, experimented on, and killed homosexuals in their concentration
> >camps along with Jewish people, gypsies, and political dissidents. This
> >is, after all, where the symbol of the pink triangle originates. And, in
> >fact, when US soldiers liberated Jewish people from the concentration camps
> >in 1945, they continued the imprisonment of those who were there for
> >homosexuality!
Natasha,
It is not the same policy. Singer is specifically talking about disposing of
infants who bare supposedly visible characteristics considered by society as
"severe disabilities." As of yet, they have not come up with a definitive
"gay" gene and, therefore, Nazi's were not killing "gay" babies as policy.
They were killing Jewish children at a certain point (can't remember date right
now) and before that they started killing disabled infants. But this is not
the only instance in history where this occurred due to race and/or
disability. Regardless, the persecution of GLBT adult community in Nazi
Germany is not the same policy that killed off the kids during Nazi Germany,
although both stem from some of the same ideas.
Because Singer's policy -- the one being debated by Singer and Asch -- was
discussing making decisions concerning life and death of infants based upon
physical characteristics, adults killed -- who could speak, could articulate,
did have a self-awareness that would be known and recognized by Singer -- are
NOT part of his agenda (at least on the surface) and, therefore, cannot be
brought into the discussion unless one wishes to give Singer an out.
--
Carolyn
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