See, what I find odd is that the supposed "majority" of voters in the Low Countries support laws like this, hence it tends to attract broad political support.
The thing is, while that is correct for this particular issue, what attracts political support in Europe does not have much correlation with what attracts political support. If you look at what attracts political support, you can only make judgments about elite support and not popular support.
They don't seem to view human life as having the same "value", I suppose.
While I don't think you're a Christian (and neither am I), but there are consequences to the de-christianization of the West. The idea that human life, even if a slave, even if female, even if woefully crippled, has value, was introduced to the West by Christianity, and it disappeared with Christianity. Note that this is not true for 'females', but that's not for reasons of principle, but expediency - because of pressure groups.
Obviously the ultimate result of such views is genocide, but we're not quite there yet.
It's certainly possible and made more likely, but it's not necessitated.
But yeah, discussing issues like this with Germanics (Dutch, Flemish, Swiss, less so actual Germans, for obvious reasons) is... Interesting. There's a big "gap" there, and I'm not quite sure why...
I think your own experiences may have clouded your judgment here a bit. You have experiences with one country, and there, in the cities, and even there, with college students - the worst of the worst. There is great diversity within the 'Germanics', though undoubtedly socially the worst shitholes in Europe. If you talk to the man on the street, you'll likely hear common sense or at least reasonable opinions. But like I said, what you see is the opinions of the elites.
The thing is, while that is correct for this particular issue, what attracts political support in Europe does not have much correlation with what attracts political support. If you look at what attracts political support, you can only make judgments about elite support and not popular support.
While I don't think you're a Christian (and neither am I), but there are consequences to the de-christianization of the West. The idea that human life, even if a slave, even if female, even if woefully crippled, has value, was introduced to the West by Christianity, and it disappeared with Christianity. Note that this is not true for 'females', but that's not for reasons of principle, but expediency - because of pressure groups.
It's certainly possible and made more likely, but it's not necessitated.
I think your own experiences may have clouded your judgment here a bit. You have experiences with one country, and there, in the cities, and even there, with college students - the worst of the worst. There is great diversity within the 'Germanics', though undoubtedly socially the worst shitholes in Europe. If you talk to the man on the street, you'll likely hear common sense or at least reasonable opinions. But like I said, what you see is the opinions of the elites.