Save the Planet: Kill Yourself

Remember when I wrote (11 Feb) about Homokaasu’s “Kill Everyone Project”? Not surprisingly, they finished virtually killing everyone months ago, so that’s kind of obsolete by now. But now the stakes have been upped from the weirdly bizarre to the disgustingly sick, from killing the entire world population to killing yourself. As an example of the strange connections one can find in Internet links, I was linked to this from the Wikipedia page on “Sacred geometry,” of all things, to which I had been led in researching the “music of the spheres.” On the “Sacred geometry” page, there was this note: “Chris Korda, an infamous software engineer and leader of the Church of Euthanasia, designed an open-source software — ”

Wait a minute. The Church of Euthanasia? Is this for real? Yes, kiddies, it’s for real: its website is www.churchofeuthanasia.org, and they even have their own Wikipedia page, which quotes CoE’s own FAQ page, where we learn: “The Church of Euthanasia is a non-profit educational foundation devoted to restoring balance between Humans and the remaining species on Earth. We believe this can only be accomplished by a massive voluntary population reduction. … The Church has only one commandment, and it is ‘Thou Shalt Not Procreate.’ In addition, we have four ‘pillars’ or principles, which are Suicide, Abortion, Cannibalism and Sodomy.” (They explain that cannibalism refers to consuming the already dead—as if it didn’t by definition—and sodomy refers to any sexual act that doesn’t lead to procreation. Also, “voluntary” is emphasized in order to eliminate any impression that they’re advocating killing others. Glad they cleared that up.) Their quarterly publication is called Snuff it, and their usual slogan is the title of this post: “Save the Planet: Kill Yourself”—and that’s a relatively innocuous one. They go downhill from there, with such gems as “Eat people, not animals” and “Eat a queer fetus for Jesus.” Of course, population reduction is a worthy cause to support, but their tactics may not be the best way to support it. The “Family album” shows photos of their actions at various demonstrations intended to promote their cause, but many of the actions depicted and signs displayed (such as a 15-foot inflatable penis and “Sperm-free cunts for the Earth”) are so deliberately offensive and provocative that I can’t imagine them winning very many sympathizers. I think they consider it a form of Dadaism, but it’s Dadaism with an attitude (which is okay, since the original Dadaism certainly had an attitude). Some of their stuff is sick enough to push even my envelope, and I have a pretty liberal tolerance for sick humor; I will spare you the details on these. If you have a really strong stomach, you can research the site yourself, but be forewarned.