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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney Calls 47% Of Americans Lebensunwertes Leben
He is a disgusting pig.
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Romney Calls 47% Of Americans Lebensunwertes Leben (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2012
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PADemD
(4,482 posts)1. Had to look that up
Lebensunwertes Lebens Definition
Definition: "Life unworthy of life" (German) - Term derived from the work "The Permission to Destroy Life Unworthy of Life" ("Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens"
by Karl Binding and Alfred Hoche, published in 1920. This work was referring to the mentally and physically handicapped and regarded the killing of these segments of society as a "healing treatment." This term and this work became a base for the right of the state to kill unwanted segments of the population.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaustglossary/g/lebensunwertes.htm
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)2. IOW, "useless eaters".
RagAss
(13,832 posts)3. Isn't that a plank in the GOP platform?
