Dutch celebrate a decade of euthanasia with a film festival

BioEdge ^ | 2/6/12 | Michael Cook

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The world’s first euthanasia film festival is being held in Amsterdam, sponsored by the Dutch Right to Die lobby (NVVE). This week, from February 6 to 12 is a "Week of Euthanasia" in the Netherlands, a celebration of a decade of euthanasia and assisted suicide. They were legalised on April 1, 2002.

More than 35 old and new films and documentaries, from all over the world, from Hollywood to Bollywood are to be screened. They include Million Dollar Baby, Mar Adentro, The Barabarian Invasions, Las Buenas Hierbas, Igby goes down, Whose Life is it Anyway? and The Suicide Tourist. There will be five world premieres, including one about the work of the NVVE called Compassion. (For a complete list, click here.) Oddly enough, the program does not include one of the first and most famous euthanasia films, the tear-jerker Ich Klage An – perhaps because it was made by Nazis during World War II to promote voluntary euthanasia as a cover-up for the involuntary sort.

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They should just go ahead and show "Triumph of the Will" and "Soylent Green."

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[trisham]

Those people are ghouls.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD IS PRO-LIFE!!!

Pray for the end of Abortion, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and for the defeat of the Culture of Death!!!

PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

Sancte Michael Archangele,
defende nos in proelio; contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.
Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur:
tuque, Princeps militiae Caelestis,
satanam aliosque spiritus malignos,
qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo,
divina virtute in infernum detrude.
Amen.

Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, Satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.

Pope Leo XIII

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[itsahoot]

Those people are ghouls.

Yes they are, but that movement is alive and well right here in the good old U.S.A. Oregon has legalized it, and other states are stepping up to legalize it.

Sick thing is, it is not about a right to die,
it is all about the right of the state to kill.

Only an idiot signs a DNR if you want to die,
on some nurse, they are burdened enough.

[sthguard]

I hear the films were so boring that they put the audience to sleep.

[PGalt]

Propagandists for TOTALITARIANS.

[PGalt]

GRRRRRREAT post, Conor! Thanks.

[Honorary Serb]

This is reason #1,291 that Serbia should stay OUT of the European Union!!!!

[RedMDer]

All contributions are for the Current Quarter Expenses.

[Pollster1]

Other suggested movies for this festival http://flavorwire.com/101856/10-great-movies-about-old-people:

1. Away from Her

2. A Christmas Tale

3. Arsenic and Old Lace

4. The Beaches of Agnès

5. About Schmidt

6. The Barbarian Invasions

7. Harold and Maude

8. Young@Heart

9. Cocoon

10. The Straight Story

Bonus Movie: 11. Love Story - which the Dutch would have cut short by killing Jenny Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw) quickly to save money.

[Clintonfatigued]

That’s just plain gross. I’m glad the United States hasn’t sunk to this level.

[Clintonfatigued]

I don’t even want to speculate on what the hors d’oeuvers were.

Unbelieveable.