Thanks for clarifying Betty's point for me.  I think the underlying
prejudice against the disabled is the real disability rights issue here.
Euthanasia is just the end result of that prejudice, not the issue that
needs to be dealt with.  As always, JMHO... no offense intended.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Magenta Raine" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: From another list... Life Worth Living.


> Joy,
> I think the thing Betty is saying is that society as a whole targets the
> disabled. Whether it is to be sterilized, put away, or put to sleep.
> (euthanized)
> And that because of their prejudice whether conscious or not, the society
> would be more willing to kill us than say, a typical purple person, for
the
> sake of argument.