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Soleless Communist says not much about the President
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38086 ^ | April 17, 2004

Posted on 04/17/2004 1:02:47 AM PDT by Exton1

Infanticide promoter: Bush morally stunted Ethicist says president should have 'turned the other cheek' after 9-11

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© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

A controversial college professor who thinks parents should be able to kill disabled children says though President Bush makes himself out to be a good Christian leader, he has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy.

Princeton's Peter Singer

Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University,(A useless over paid job) said in an interview with an Australian newspaper Bush sees the world "very simply, in black and white, as good versus evil, and he thinks that America is the good guy, and therefore whatever America does is right."

"That's incredibly dangerous when you are the leader of the most powerful nation on earth," he told the Melbourne newspaper The Age. "But that belief is what enabled him to justify starting a war with Iraq that would cost thousands of innocent people their lives."

The Age noted Singer's book,(A worthless book of mental masturbation) "The President of Good and Evil: the Ethics of George W. Bush," does not conclude Bush himself is evil, "because that's not a word I throw around too much."

Singer also doesn't say the president is stupid, "which a lot of other people might say. But I do think he's a moral failure, in his own terms, and in any terms."

The professor, who advocates killing the disabled up to 28 days after birth, was the subject of protests when he was hired by in 1999 by Princeton, a school founded by the Presbyterian denomination. A group calling itself Princeton Students Against Infanticide issued a petition charging the Australian professor "denies the intrinsic moral worth of an entire class of human beings – newborn children."

"His assertion of the appropriateness of killing some humans based on others' decision concerning the 'quality' of their lives should strike fear into everyone who cherishes equality and honors human life," the petition said.

The group called the hiring a "blatant violation of Princeton University's policy of respect for people with disabilities."

Singer also is known for launching the modern animal rights movement with his 1975 book "Animal Liberation," which argues against "speciesism." He insists animals should be accorded the same value as humans and should not be discriminated against because they belong to a non-human species. (Why is this worthless garbage even allowed around children, to teach his mental sickness)

Last year, he was given the World Technology Award for Ethics by the World Technology Network.

In the interview with The Age, Singer acknowledged he differs with Bush in his view of the "sanctity of life."

"But Bush claims to believe that human life is sacred," Singer said. "So my book asks whether his statements about human life, and his willingness to go to war in Iraq are actually consistent, or is it evidence of muddled thinking?"

Singer asserted Bush was wrong to go to war in Afghanistan.

A truly Christian leader, he said, would have "turned the other cheek" when the United States was attacked by terrorists Sept. 11, 2001, because the response led to the loss of innocent life.

The war in Iraq also was wrong, Singer said, because Saddam Hussein was no threat to the U.S.

Singer said while all president's have moral failings, Bush's are more serious because of his power.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bioethics; deathcogwheelturns; deathculture; freep; hemlocksociety; petersinger; princeton; rightchoices; solelesscommunist; tenuredradicals
Peter Singer
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Address: Center for Human Values
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Email: psinger@Princeton.EDU

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David P. Dobkin, Dean of the Faculty
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609-258-3020
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Email: DDOBKIN@Princeton.EDU

1 posted on 04/17/2004 1:02:52 AM PDT by Exton1
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To: Exton1
Shoeless Pete, the Soleless Communist?
2 posted on 04/17/2004 1:06:00 AM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: Exton1
When bears try to kill your children, you mustn't be prejudiced against them. Do your best to shelter your young, but in the end, does it have to be us or them? Why can't we all just get along?
5 posted on 04/17/2004 1:26:51 AM PDT by risk
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To: Exton1; Admin Moderator
You failed to use the original title.All editorializing is to be put in parenthesis.(soulless,not soleless)
6 posted on 04/17/2004 1:32:39 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: Exton1
Anybody who hasn't figured out that Saddam Hussein was the WMD is an idiot.
7 posted on 04/17/2004 1:40:02 AM PDT by John Lenin
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To: xm177e2
Is Soleless Pete Communist sort of like Shoeless Joe Jackson, but without money?
8 posted on 04/17/2004 1:56:06 AM PDT by capitan_refugio
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To: Exton1
"...has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy."

Most 13-year-old boys I've known have moral development far beyond that of Mr. Singer. I've never heard any of them advocating the murder of helpless infants.

9 posted on 04/17/2004 2:12:18 AM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: Exton1
A truly Christian leader, he said...

Another commie Jewish expert on Christianity.

10 posted on 04/17/2004 3:07:32 AM PDT by ExposeDem
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To: Exton1
Well, if the shoe fits...
11 posted on 04/17/2004 3:12:50 AM PDT by Viet Vet in Augusta GA
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To: Exton1
Soleless Pete?

Someone get him a morality cobbler.

Wait, is that a dessert or a spiritual show repairman?

I'm confused.

12 posted on 04/17/2004 3:26:32 AM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: ExposeDem
He doesn't believe in God.
13 posted on 04/17/2004 3:29:12 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: Exton1
Photo of the professor from his recent Infanticide Aid World Tour.


14 posted on 04/17/2004 3:32:26 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
How about a new policy where mentally disturbed professors can be euthanized no matter what age...
15 posted on 04/17/2004 3:39:28 AM PDT by doosee
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To: doosee
Tempting..
16 posted on 04/17/2004 3:57:33 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: risk
When bears try to kill your children, you mustn't be prejudiced against them

To paraphrase Josie Wales, "Bears gotta eat too."

17 posted on 04/17/2004 4:05:28 AM PDT by trickyricky
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To: Exton1
He insists animals should be accorded the same value as humans and should not be discriminated against because they belong to a non-human species.

He has the audacity to claim that the President has the "moral development" of a thirteen year old? I think that puts him six or seven years beyond the learned professor. BTW, Singer from Australia, isn't he? We don't have enough home grown fruitcakes, we've got to import them from the other side of the world.

18 posted on 04/17/2004 4:05:44 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Uday and Qusay are ead-day)
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To: Exton1
> professor of bioethics at Princeton University,(A useless over paid job)

It's not the job or its pay, it's how it's being filled that's the problem.
19 posted on 04/17/2004 4:36:17 AM PDT by Paul_B
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To: Exton1
Soul-less is better
20 posted on 04/17/2004 4:41:55 PM PDT by LiteKeeper
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