throw away people

Wesley Smith points out that Million dollar baby has more in common with Ich klage an, which paved the way for the T4 euthanasia program of Nazi Germany...and he also points out:

The most important point omitted from the film is
that people with quadriplegia, when they are not
merely warehoused in a nursing home, live very rich
and satisfying lives. .... every day tens of
thousands of our disabled brothers and sisters lead
meritorious and productive lives, aided by
respirators and wheelchairs that come to be seen
not as dignity-robbing impediments, but facilitators
and tools of independent living.

Hollywood is not known for deep thinking about
such matters, so it probably never occurred to
Million Dollar Baby's creators to include this
element in the picture. Too bad.

Charles Krauthammar, call your office...