I applaud anyone who is altrustic enough to donate an organ, such as a kidney. But, when you look at the waiting list, I think it's bullshit to rely on donations alone. I think people should be able to SELL their organs. Ooooh, it's exploitative of the poor. No, it just makes the poor a little less poor, and gets someone off the waiting list. It's no more exploitative of the poor than egg donation.
Besides, wouldn't you rather have a nice, fresh organ than something taken out of a corpse? I'd be afraid I'd get the unlucky vibes off the body part, or necrosis, or that the person who got killed would be jealous of me for being alive and haunt me. Not to mention it's just plain creepy.
My John Stossel moment is now over. Have a good day!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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We watched an interesting show on the National Geographic Channel a few weeks ago called Inside The Body Trade. It looked at issues surrounding organ donation all around the world. It was really interesting and I recommend watching it if it's coming on again anytime soon.
Did it mention anything about the person (or people) who were trying to sell their kidneys on eBay? I heard something about that, how the kidney was bid up to something like $30,000 before eBay pulled the plug on the auction.
Great point.
Here I am with two perfectly good kidneys, and no money to buy a sail boat.
The ultimate test of ownership, is whether you 're allowed to sell it or not. If a person truly owns their body, they should be allowed to put it on the market.
Tim Slagle ... I think I have heard of you. Are any of your bits on Sirius Raw Dog?
Yeah, That's me.
Right now I'm working on getting recognized as having the funniest Tax Routine ever!
you can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEI9z_hSGIQ
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