Posted on 02/10/2007 12:17:23 PM PST by keats5
I predict in the not too distant future, organ donation will become mandatory.
Ghoulish. *shudder*
Tell me about it...I read that the Netherlands is considering legalizing euthanasia in cases of mental illness. God help us
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And why not harvest their organs for those citizens more deserving while they're at it.
I can see someone making that case in a few years.
"And why not harvest their organs for those citizens more deserving while they're at it."
In Holland, that would be considered a very pragmatic statement!
What you do to the least of my brothers....
There's a little known law in Texas that says after you have been confirmed dead the state takes your corneas whether you like it or not.
Actually I think it is very close to Animal Farm by George Orwell. The horse would say, "I will work harder, Napoleon is always right." In the end, when he could no longer work, he was sold to the renderer.
I'm just a cranium...
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I'm very sorry. We need to take your cranium. It's for the good of everyone.
Can't take it with you...
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But it really sucks if they take it away while you still need it!
Note to self: Don't sign up for organ donation.
I'm taking mine with me.
Once upon a time, I was an organ donor, and I certainly believe in the concept. Unfortunately, the rush to harvest has become so demanding, lucrative and, in my opinion, unethical, that I fear there is a hastening of death to get the organs. On one hand, it saves the hospital and the insurers money if we just cooperate and kick off quickly and, on the other hand, they make money on the fresh organs of the deceased.
So they aren't getting anything from me. A lot of people feel the same way, and it's a real shame.
"Using bits of the arms and legs of parapalegics because they don't need them anymore?"
Maybe their legs, I think they are still using the arm parts...
Coming soon: Mandatory organ donation at the age of 21, unless you are an Alpha.
I used to be scared of becoming a 1984 Orwellian world.
Now that it has happened, I am scared of becoming a Brave New World.
Are they planning a daily donor shuttle from Gitmo?
"I'm taking mine with me."
Everyone profits on the deal except the estate of the person providing the part(s) without which the process would not be possible. Mine can be purchased at market value . . . or they go with me.
That's funny. A lot of the people here in Cleveland are nearly brain dead already.
"I'll send my sinuses to Arizona,
I'll send my liver to Peru,
I'll send my lungs to the High Sierras,
But...I'm sending my heart to you!"
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