Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Taro Aso, Japanese Finance Minister,
Says Country Should Let Old People ‘Hurry Up And Die’
If the sound for an alarm has gone unheeded from those in the anti abortion movement, it is coming fast and furious, and loud and clear, and unashamedly and very unapologetically from heads of governments such as Mr. Taro Aso.
The Huffington Post reports:
A senior minister in the Japanese government ignited a firestorm of controversy after commenting recently on his country’s famously long-lived population.
Minister of Finance Taro Aso said Monday that Japanese elderly were creating a financial problem due to the amount of government funding needed for their medical care, reports Time.
„Heaven forbid if you are forced to live on when you want to die. I would wake up feeling increasingly bad knowing that [treatment] was all being paid for by the government,” Aso, himself 72, said. „The problem won’t be solved unless you let themhurry up and die.”
Aso, who also serves as the country’s deputy prime minister, made the inflammatory remarks Monday, during a meeting of the National Council on Social Security Reforms.
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