When I was young, my father was a huge fan of the movie Logan's Run. He would always tell me, "Deb, this may come true in your lifetime. I feel it coming." Now, my father was a very talented psychic man who was very quiet about it, so when he said stuff like this, I listened.
For those of you who don't recall, Logan's run was about not having to "deal with" the elderly. When someone hit the age of 30, their designated lifetime was "over". They all had bracelets that were countdown mechanisms that started flashing yellow as they got near 30. You were then expected to show up for your public execution. Star Trek featured this thought a few times in the series as well.
Well, a new film just had a showing at Cannes film festival.
The subject is being reintroduced. Anybody scared out there?
BTW, I am NOT volunteering.
For those of you who don't recall, Logan's run was about not having to "deal with" the elderly. When someone hit the age of 30, their designated lifetime was "over". They all had bracelets that were countdown mechanisms that started flashing yellow as they got near 30. You were then expected to show up for your public execution. Star Trek featured this thought a few times in the series as well.
Well, a new film just had a showing at Cannes film festival.
Kill Japan's elderly? Cannes film probes chilling idea
A Japanese film-maker is shaking Cannes film audiences to the core with a dystopian vision of her country in which old people agree to be euthanised to solve the challenge of a rapidly ageing population.
www.france24.com
The subject is being reintroduced. Anybody scared out there?
BTW, I am NOT volunteering.
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