Cash for sterilisation...

[dreamz]

bbc said:

Drug addicts across the UK are being offered money to be sterilised by an American charity.

Project Prevention is offering to pay £200 to any drug user in London, Glasgow, Bristol, Leicester and parts of Wales who agrees to be operated on.

The first person in the UK to accept the cash is drug addict "John" from Leicester who says he "should never be a father".

The move has been criticised by some drug charities who work with addicts.

Drug treatment charity Addaction estimates one million children in the UK are living with parents who abuse drugs.

Pregnant addicts can pass on dependency to the unborn child, leading to organ and brain damage.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11545519

devious or not i think its along the right lines. though saying that it is assuming that addicts will never break the cycle.

[xr287]

Good idea if instead of sterilising them they just replace the anesthetic with something suitably lethal.

[thinfourth2]

Usual lefties on the radio banging on about human rights of the addicts but bugger all mentioned about the rights of children being born into abusive situations.

I think I might donate to this charity.

[supersingle]

It's been very successful in the US.

How do I donate?

[Mazda Baiter]

Almost a shame it doesn't go a bit further in who it will operate on.

[Puggit]

Why should someone have to pay? It should be a condition of receiving benefits...

[andy_s]

My wife suggested they put contraceptives in Methadone, which sounded eminently sensible to me.

[Martin Keene]

Mazda Baiter said:

Almost a shame it doesn't go a bit further in who it will operate on.

Indeed. Junkies and alcoholics should only be the top layer. Sadly I'm a firm believer that certain groups of people in this day and age need to be removed from the gene pool...

[Mazda Baiter]

andy_s said:

My wife suggested they put contraceptives in Methadone, which sounded eminently sensible to me.

Or spray-tan.

[jmorgan]

Scary path to start down.

[thinfourth2]

jmorgan said:

Scary path to start down.

But our current path of assuming that everyone is capable of bringing up children in a safe and proper enviroment really isn't working

[ZOLLAR]

thinfourth2 said:

jmorgan said:

Scary path to start down.

But our current path of assuming that everyone is capable of bringing up children in a safe and proper enviroment really isn't working

You both have made good points there.

[oOTomOo]

ZOLLAR said:

thinfourth2 said:

jmorgan said:

Scary path to start down.

But our current path of assuming that everyone is capable of bringing up children in a safe and proper enviroment really isn't working

You both have made good points there.

Which one is best? - There's only one way to find out...

[ZOLLAR]

oOTomOo said:

ZOLLAR said:

thinfourth2 said:

jmorgan said:

Scary path to start down.

But our current path of assuming that everyone is capable of bringing up children in a safe and proper enviroment really isn't working

You both have made good points there.

Which one is best? - There's only one way to find out...

Indeed, hopefully we'll choose the right one.

[fido]

Can they extend this to non-drug users as well .. perhaps a one-off benefits payment, or a lifetime subscription to Sky?

[thinfourth2]

fido said:

Can they extend this to non-drug users as well .. a lifetime subscription to Sky?

Thats harsh not everyone that subscribes to Sky needs sterilised

Just most of them

[ZOLLAR]

fido said:

Can they extend this to non-drug users as well .. perhaps a one-off benefits payment, or a lifetime subscription to Sky?

I'll do it for lifetime sub to sky...... I've already had 2 children and don't want more

[sjg]

thinfourth2 said:

Usual lefties on the radio banging on about human rights of the addicts but bugger all mentioned about the rights of children being born into abusive situations.

I think I might donate to this charity.

Yes, let's eliminate the risk of bad parenting and grow children in jars instead.

[supersingle]

sjg said:

Yes, let's eliminate the risk of bad parenting and grow children in jars instead.

I often wonder if people who quote Huxley have actually read Brave New World. The book is ambiguous about enlightenment and authoritarianism. The savage gets caught between two worlds and despairs at both. Try reading it again.

Anyway, drug addicts volunteering for sterilisation is GREAT news.

[Cookie172]

Could extend this to anyone that appears on Jeremy Kyle's show too