I'm Not An Organ Donor.

Primordial Slack ^ | 5/12/2012 | Joan Varga

[Dajjal]

I have a friend who was in a coma for several days. She was not unconscious; she was in intense pain at every moment and could hear everything going on around her; but she was unable to move in any way, and seemed to everyone to be nearly dead.

The doctors at the hospital assumed she was unconscious, and spoke freely with her family about how they should sign some papers so that they could harvest her organs as soon as possible, because when the body dies there is always some damage to the organ, so it would be best if they could remove them while the blood was still flowing.

Fortunately for her, the family did not give in, and eventually she came out of the coma.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Normally this would be a Death Cultivation Ping. But this time the better label might be "Death Harvesting Awareness."

There’s something that disturbs me about the push for everyone to be an organ donor. People that wish to make their flesh a commodity while they’re alive or dead have that choice. It’s when we give that power to another that I worry.

If you own it, be careful to whom you would offer it. Unknown future entities (i.e., gov’t doctors) do not inspire confidence.

[SunkenCiv]

I’ve always wanted to have a pet monkey, and... wait, what?

[JoanVarga]

Thanks for the ping, I think?

[Avoiding_Sulla]

LOL. Well, between Sunken Civ’s list(?#) and mine(~80), a lot of people were alerted. May have been that there was nothing left anyone wanted to say on a ghoulish subject.

[JoanVarga]

Vindication bump!