Earlier this month, Santorum brought up the subject of euthanasia at a forum hosted by conservative leader James Dobson.From article at MSNBC Santorum comments on forced euthanasia cause stir in Netherlands At MSNBC Feb. 24,2012
“They have voluntary euthanasia in the Netherlands, but half the people who are euthanized every year, and it’s 10 percent of all deaths, half of those people are euthanized involuntarily in hospitals, because they are older and sick,” Santorum said. “So elderly people in the Netherlands don’t go to the hospital. They go to another country. Because they’re afraid because of budget purposes they will not come out of that hospital if they go in with sickness.”
Santorum also said some Dutch wear bracelets saying, “Don’t euthanize me.”
First here Cenk Uygur 's take on Rick Santorum's "Satan is attacking America" statement.
Santorum: Satan Attacking America!
Santorum presumes to know that the USA is God's chosen nation.
" ....the father of Lies (Satan) has his sights on... A good decent powerful influential America."
According to Santorum America is being attacked by Satan because it was founded as a Christian nation but America has moved away from those earlier Judeo-Christian principles and is now in the hands of Satan. As Cenk points out in this video that Santorum believes Protestants no longer have a positive influence in the USA. So in his view only Opus Dei Catholics and those who adhere to Opus Dei principles are the "True Christians".
The other issue which I have with Santorum's statement is that if America is so pure and righteous it means no other nation is as pure and righteous as America. All other nations are already in the grip of Satan's influence.
Cenk argues Santorum in large part has strange and extreme ideas due his connection to the Catholic sect Opus Dei.
Franz Schaeffer at his website on the Catholic extremist sect Opus Dei breaks down what the issues are concerning Opus Dei . Opus Dei is somewhat disturbing because it operates in cult like fashion the leaders are authoritarian and believe their followers have no right to question these authorities. Their theology as such lends itself to a fascistic ideology.
The Unofficial Opus Dei FAQ Franz Schaefer, schaefer@mond.at
1. Q: What is Opus Dei?
A: Opus Dei a fundamentalistic sect which operates in a Catholic environment. Officially it is part of the Catholic church and so they claim that they are not a sect. Well, it all depends on how you define the word ``sect''.
6. Q: What are the negative things in Opus Dei?
A: In short:
The Fascist ideology in Escriva's teachings. The fundamentalism. The
Intolerance towards other religions.
The dishonesty.
The danger inherent in the undemocratic structure of blindly following orders.
The danger inherent in the psychological control they have of their members due to the ``weekly chat'' where they have to tell the innermost details of their souls to their spiritual leaders.
The aggressive and manipulative way in which they try to catch new members.
The evil character of the founder.
The fact that they do not reveal their true goals and keep a lot of material secret from the public.
The smug thinking of belonging to an elite.
Meanwhile Santorum goes over the edge erroneously claiming that the government in the Netherlands is using euthanasia to get rid of its elderly.
Santorum comments on forced euthanasia cause stir in Netherlands At MSNBC Feb. 24,2012
A Dutch politician wants his government to publicly rebuke Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum for claiming that forced euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands and that the elderly are being killed against their will.
The Dutch Embassy in Washington has declined to comment on Santorum’s recent remarks, The New York Times reported this week. An embassy spokeswoman said the Dutch government wanted to stay out of the American presidential campaign, the Times reported.
On Thursday, Dutch Member of Parliament Frans Timmermans, a leading member of the opposition left-leaning Labor Party in The Hague, blasted his government’s silence.
...FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan project that monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by U.S. politicians, said Santorum “grossly mischaracterized” euthanasia practices in the Netherlands.
It said the former Pennsylvania senator overstated the rate of euthanasia. Government statistics show euthanasia is climbing but represented only 2.3 percent of all deaths in the Netherlands in 2010, it said.
FactCheck.org said Santorum’s claims that the elderly are being killed against their will and wear “do not euthanize me” bracelets are false.
Dutch euthanasia review boards found nine cases in 2010 where doctors “had not acted in accordance with the due care criteria,” mostly for how the procedure was performed — not because it was against anyone’s will, FactCheck.org said. It added that the Dutch government and medical association say no such “Don’t euthanize me” bracelets exist.
And update from Rachel Maddow on Netherlands Euthanasia:
Rick Santorum vs The Netherlands, on Rachel Maddow
Uploaded by RTLNY on Feb 25, 2012
Remarks by Rick Santorum that the Netherlands is euthanizing old people for budget reasons are obviously untrue. RTL News' Erik Mouthaan and Rachel Maddow try to explain the international diplomatic troubles that arose.
and so it goes,
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