When cultural and moral relativism replace higher values, when being told as opposed to actually researching something is more convenient, and when cruelty replaces the efforts of compassion, one knows that a civilisation is lost.
To wit:
Tracy Polewczuk has spina bifida, a birth defect that can cause weak bones. Two years ago, she was in an accident and broke her leg. The injury never properly healed.
She says she lives in constant pain and relies on daily home care visits from the Pointe-Claire CLSC, but recently, she says the care has been getting worse.
"They don't bother asking like they know your name, but they don't address you. It's just so impersonal, and they don't care," Polewczuk said in a recent interview. "You get up when they tell you to. You go to bed when they tell you. You do what they tell you to. That's it. You have zero control over your life."
Because of her injury, she says she needs to be moved a certain way.
"And I've gotten hurt several times because people won't listen," she said.
Polewczuk says she feels hopeless as if the system doesn't treat her like a human being.
"Pain sucks. We all agree. It's terrible. I'm in pain 24/7. It never stops. I can survive that. I cannot survive being treated like a sack of meat," she said.
Her husband, James, says there have been times when he was worried she might attempt to take her own life.
"I had to hide a certain medication that we have enough of that. If she took them, it would end her life. And I hid them," he explained.
It was in this vulnerable state that Polewczuk says she received the shock of her life.
On two separate occasions and without prompting, she says she was informed that she would be eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID), once by a nurse at the rehabilitation centre at Ste-Anne's Hospital and another time by a social worker at the Verdun Hospital.
"It feels like we are being pushed towards the MAID program instead of being given the help to live," Polewczuk said.
The West Island Regional Health Authority refused to comment on the specific case for privacy reasons but said, "The rules surrounding medical aid in dying are very strict, and we respect them to the letter. The initiative must always come from the patient, not the nursing staff."
Rather, you don't want to admit that you want this woman Aktion-T4-ed.
Also - meet the new death celebrity:
For Wiebe, medical assistance in dying (MAID) is “incredibly rewarding” work. She hasn’t faced nearly the same sort of stigma she once faced as an abortion provider and says that while she and her MAID colleagues “all work within the law,” she’s also not as “conservative” as some.
There is nothing kindly about this b!#ch. She is crazy.
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No matter the effect, the ideology must stand.
The Party will not be questioned:
Three doctors told a news conference Thursday the wording of the professional standard crosses a line because it requires physicians to give an "effective referral" to another doctor willing to administer the procedure.
The policy, passed May 24 by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, could worsen the province's shortage of family doctors if the regulator censures those who refuse to obey it, the doctors warned.
The news conference was organized by the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada and led by its director Larry Worthen. The advocacy group said in a news release that 41 physicians in the province have signed a letter stating they're unwilling to follow the policy, potentially putting them at risk of discipline.
The three doctors — Dr. Amy Hendricks, an internal medicine specialist in Antigonish; Dr. Jeanne Ferguson, a geriatric psychiatrist in North Sydney; and Dr. Paul Young, a family physician and director of care at two nursing homes in Halifax — said Thursday the wording of the rule means they may be required to refer patients to another doctor who would carry out or arrange a procedure that is contrary to their consciences.
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There are so many to blame here - the parents, the schools, the students, the willingness to hate Israel based on rumour.
Pick one.
It boils down to a society that loves being incurious (don't blame social media. There are plenty of online resources and books out there. All one has to do is study them.) and antipathetic at the same time. A society content with not learning and not embracing compassion will inevitably deny the past and then repeat it.
Hitler didn't have to wage a war. He just had to wait a few years:
The new poll, which was conducted by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies, comes amidst rising rates of antisemitism in Canada following the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and the nation’s subsequent war against Hamas.
In November 2019, pollsters found just 17 per cent of Canadians said that fewer than six million Jews perished in the Holocaust. By May 2024, that number had jumped to 24 per cent.
Even looking at shorter time periods, such as between late February 2024 and mid-May 2024, there was an uptick in the number of Canadians who believe the Holocaust has been exaggerated. In February, pollsters found that only five per cent of Canadians believed the Holocaust was exaggerated. By May, that had jumped to nine per cent. That view more than doubled between those aged 45 to 54, from four per cent to 11 per cent, and nearly doubled in those aged 25 to 34, from eight per cent to 15 per cent.“The increase in agreement that ‘the Holocaust is exaggerated’ from five to nine per cent in the space of just a few months may be regarded by some as modest but it is indicative of a worrisome trend, especially amongst millennials,” said Jack Jedwab, president of the Association for Canadian Studies, in an email. “It raises serious questions as to how and by whom such skepticism about the Holocaust is being driven.”Canadians between the ages of 25 and 34 were most likely (31 per cent) to doubt the official death toll of the Holocaust, followed by 27 per cent of those between the ages of 18 and 24. Among those 35 and older, a little more than one-fifth also held inaccurate views about the death toll of Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution.”
“(This) is all the more troubling given the increased opportunities for Gen Zers and Millennials to readily find the facts through schools, museums, books and film,” Jedwab said. “It suggests that the increasing tendency to acquire information via the internet/social media platforms and to how and by whom it gets interpreted is contributing to rising misinformation.”
Snapchat and Telegram users were the most likely to have inaccurate beliefs about how many Jews perished in the Holocaust, the poll found.
Nearly 52 per cent of users of Telegram, an instant-messaging service, said that fewer than six million Jews were killed by Hitler’s Nazi regime. Thirty-one per cent of users of Snapchat, a photo-messaging app, held similar beliefs.
The users of X, formerly Twitter, were most likely to accurately identify how many Jews — six million — died in the Holocaust, at nearly 67 per cent. They were followed by LinkedIn users, 50 per cent of whom knew how many Jews died. Forty-eight per cent of YouTube users, 47 per cent of TikTok and Facebook users, and 46 per cent of Instagram users also said six-million Jews died.
The polling delves into the reasons why people believe the Holocaust has been exaggerated.
About one fifth said it seems to be exaggerated or overly publicized in the media, cinema and books. Six per cent said it’s “not the worst event in history.” Seven per cent questioned the figures, saying it’s difficult to know. Eight per cent said they believe the Holocaust is exaggerated because there’s a need for unbiased history.
Just four per cent said it’s time for the world to move on. Only one per cent of Canadians said it’s exaggerated to overshadow Israel’s war on Gaza. Five per cent said it’s exaggerated to garner sympathy for Jewish people.
(Sidebar: ask any of these douche-tools if they've heard of the killing fields, Rwandan massacres, or what is going on in North Korea. Try not to be shocked at the answers.)
Those who believe the Holocaust has been exaggerated are most likely to not know an accurate death count. Twenty-six per cent of those people believe between one and three million Jews were killed. Fifty per cent of those who say the Holocaust is not exaggerated accurately identified six million as the number of Jews killed, compared to roughly 16 per cent who picked that figure while simultaneously believing the Holocaust is exaggerated.
What does one expect from a country whose House of Commons applauded a Nazi?
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“What stands between us and mayhem is 4,600 gov’t spokespeople who want to - quote - ‘correct facts’…
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) July 4, 2024
They don’t even find this ridiculous or creepy.”
PODCAST: Report @TBS_Canada says communications staff are defenders of “the heart of our democracy.”https://t.co/z58dtDxywX pic.twitter.com/W5NoabLbek
Who decides what wrong-think is?
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