It's sad that there are those with this attitude.
Pamie
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From: "Mike Collis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: FW: Tory Deputy Mayor: The Best Thing For Disabled Children Is The
Guillotine


> Any comments, Deri?  This is one of your Countrymen talking.
>
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> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:16 AM
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> Subject: Tory Deputy Mayor: The Best Thing For Disabled Children Is The
> Guillotine
>
> Tory Deputy Mayor: The Best Thing For Disabled Children Is The Guillotine
> By Geoffrey Lakeman
> 24 September 2005
>
> A TORY deputy mayor has sparked outrage by calling for disabled kids to be
> guillotined to avoid wasting cash on their care.
>
> Retired GP Owen Lister made his sick suggestion to fellow councillors as
> they discussed sending the youngsters to a #3,000-a-week care home.
> Mr Lister, 79, told them: "I would guillotine them."
>
> He has now quit as deputy mayor but yesterday stood by his outburst.
> He said: "I indicated at that point that perhaps the guillotine might be
> better.
>
> "These are children you can't educate. It's merely a matter of caring for
> them until they die.
>
> "The only difference between a terminally ill patient and a severely
> handicapped child is time." The councillor, of Swindon, Wilts, argued the
> funds should instead be used to cut NHS waiting lists.
>
> He added: "It shows how peculiar we are as a society on this matter that
we
> spend this vast amount of money caring for disabled youngsters to very
> little purpose at all.
>
> "It would be better spent on those who might actually benefit, such as
> cancer sufferers. We have 5,800 people waiting to go into hospital in
> Swindon. A percentage of those will die as a result of waiting too long."
>
> His remarks came as the borough council's children's committee debated
> putting youngsters in a Cornwall home. Labour councillor Fay Howard said:
> "There was a slight pause and looks of disbelief. Everyone was totally
> shocked."
>
> Labour colleague Barrie Thompson, the committee's vice-chairman, likened
> Lister to one of Hitler's henchmen. He said: "The last time I heard
remarks
> like that were from Heinrich Himmler."
>
> And the Disability Rights Commission added: "It's chilling that an elected
> representative with responsibilities for deciding on support to disabled
> children should view the slaughter of innocents as legitimate public
> comment."
>
> Mr Lister also quit the children's committee and now faces a council
probe.
> A council spokeswoman said: "He recognised he'd said something deeply
> inappropriate that could cause offence and resigned straight away."
>
> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news
>
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