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[The cover of the Church of Euthanasia's new CD "Six Billion Humans Can't
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Be Wrong" features a photograph of Rev. Korda naked inside one of the
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ovens at the Dachau crematorium. The German music magazine "Beam" has
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charged Rev. Korda with anti-semitism, and the following is Rev. Korda's
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response. The photo URL is http://www.freespeech.org/coe/dachau.jpg]
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Nationalists believe that one group of humans is superior to all others.
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Concentration camps are a well-known symbol of what happens when this
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belief is carried to its extreme. Dachau has been preserved as a
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monument, to remind visitors that something shameful happened there.
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National shame has had positive consequences: patriotic displays are
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still discouraged in Germany to this day.
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Humanists believe that one species is superior to all others. This
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belief has also been carried to its extreme, with an equally predictable
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result: the extinction of at least a third of the non-human species on
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earth, over a period of a few thousand years. The pre-human rate of
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extinction is estimated at one species from any major group every
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million years. By comparison, a species currently disappears every
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thirty minutes.
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The Jews suffered terribly, but any sane person will admit that there
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are still Jews in the world. The same can't be said for the millions of
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plant and animal species that have become extinct as a result of the
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human population explosion. Where are the symbols of this species
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holocaust? Where are the monuments to remind us that something shameful
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has happened, and is still happening, every day, faster and faster?
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The Nazis stabilized the currency, built autobahns, and restored
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national pride. Many Germans were grateful, and avoided asking too many
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questions. It was better not to know where the trains were going,
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because knowing would mean either accepting guilt, or fighting the
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Nazis. Today, citizens of the industrial nations are in much the same
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position. Each year, there are more cars, computers, and shopping malls
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filled with merchandise. It's better not to know where the oil is
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coming from, or where the garbage is going. It's better not to know
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that the earth is poisoned. Why spoil the fun?
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The Holocaust was not an exception, but the rule, the extension of
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industrial technology to the extermination of humans, rather than
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insects or plants. The railroads and crematoriums were familiar,
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because the same techniques had already been applied to animals for
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decades. In the United States, one billion animals are slaughtered
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every year, in factory farms that look suspiciously like concentration
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camps. It's better not to think about this, while we watch the flesh
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cooking in our ovens.
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By August of 1999, the human population will exceed six billion.
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Wilderness will continue to vanish like smoke, and with it the
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biological diversity that keeps the planet habitable. A planet of
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weeds, on which only rats, roaches, pigeons and humans thrive, is not
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only ugly and shameful, it is the next step towards a desert planet.
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Members of the Church of Euthanasia take a lifetime vow to never have
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children. This is one way of facing the shame, and taking personal
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responsibility for allowing the earth to heal.
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The Church of Euthanasia churchofeuthanasia.org
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P.O.Box 261 ftp.etext.org /pub/Zines/Snuffit
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Somerville, MA 02143 coe@netcom.com
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