Follow up

On Feb 19, I posted an entry on similarities between a propaganda campaign in Germany and Social Security privatization.

In that entry, I said that a poster depicting a severely disabled man appealed to monetary greed. Since then, I have learned about the history of pre-WWII Germany. WWI decimated the German economy. People were literally starving. So, it wasn't fair of me to say that it appealed to greed. It appealed to survival. Now, please don't think I am advocating for the Nazi idea of euthanasia of defectives. I am not. I am simply trying to present historical fact. I am of the opinion that the killing of those born with birth defects is just plain wrong. It is one of my absolutes.

I have admitted in the past that I am woefully ignorant of world history, haven't I? If not, consider this my confession.