Indeed it is procrusteanism to give it a name.
Procrustes was a legendary character who would either saw your legs off or
stretch you to fit his bed.
It is no less than the deliberate remoulding of another human being to suit
the convenience of another, I remember the outrage at the spoof site for
raising bonsai kittens, well this is raising bonsai human beings.
What next, amputate the limbs of quadriplegics to make them easier to dress
in the mornings?
The removal of teeth so children don't bite?
Larry utterly outraged.
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 03 November 2006 13:27
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> Subject: Re: Pros/Cons Guardianship
>
> I found this article rather disturbing; but I'm not really surprise, that
> such assessment of life, are taking place in the turn of social
> conservative-ism .
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>
>
> The distinctions in human treatment (medical intervention) based on
> perceived needs of caregivers is not new nor different than arguments we
> heard in the 1970's and 1980 about use of drugs such as Depo-Provera,
> arguments about why its OK to use certain operation on people with
> disability and elderly, or women with disabilities with regard to
> reproductive organs; these same interventions would not be suggested on
> younger non disabled persons.
>
>
>
> The message that is given by these thinking process seems to say, that
> in conservation of human energy (of caregivers) which often translate to
> financial saving for society, its OK to sacrifice those people who
> require
> more care, or whose lives the majority perceives as not "worthy" .
>
> Maria
>
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