What is immoral about saving lives?
Pro-life Republicans claim to be pro-life.
Pro-life Democrats also claim to be pro-life.
Pro-life Independents even claim to be pro-life.
But everybody, regardless of party affiliation
or political ideology, says that selling body parts
is immoral, and that doing so should be illegal.
But nobody seems to be able to figure out why.
Now back to reality -
I read a classified ad in the newspaper
the other day that literally blew my mind -
"Kidney, runs good, $30,000 or best offer."
This was a woman from St. Petersburg, Florida.
Said her name was Ruth. Apparently, all she
wanted was some money, and selling a kidney
seemed to her an easy way to make some quick
cash.
Not having anything else to do, and with no LSU
or Saints football game being played this weekend,
I decided to give her a call. It was a short
conversation. She told me she got a few serious
calls, but then the newspaper refused to run her
ad again, warning her that she might be arrested.
What gets me is why anybody would be willing to
sell a perfectly good kidney for a mere $30,000?
But then I remembered that people in Pakistan
and other parts of the world do this all the time,
selling a kidney for much less.
good working condition? People are allowed to
donate body parts if they are dead. Notice I
said donate, not sell. As it is, people have
to wait until they are dead before they can
donate their own body parts. Can't sell body
Why not sell body parts while still alive?
those who are homeless. Rich and poor alike
receive body parts, and millions have agreed to
become donors themselves.
body parts for free? And what about waiting lists?
Why should there be waiting lists? If somebody
has the money, and is willing to pay the price ...
Yep. I am both pro-life
What is immoral about saving lives?
Pro-life Republicans claim to be pro-life.
Pro-life Democrats also claim to be pro-life.
Pro-life Independents even claim to be pro-life.
But everybody, regardless of party affiliation
or political ideology, says that selling body parts
is immoral, and that doing so should be illegal.
Yep. I am both pro-life and opposed to selling body parts.
But nobody seems to be able to figure out why.
Wrong, I figured it out long ago.
Now back to reality -
Ok, who wrote this and signed Lee's name to it?
I read a classified ad in the newspaper
the other day that literally blew my mind -
"Kidney, runs good, $30,000 or best offer."
This was a woman from St. Petersburg, Florida.
Said her name was Ruth. Apparently, all she
wanted was some money, and selling a kidney
seemed to her an easy way to make some quick
cash.
Ok, one reason that one should be illegal is she is too dumb to
give informed consent. She should have said, bidding starts at
$30,000.
Oh, and that was in 1997.
Not having anything else to do, and with no LSU
or Saints football game being played this weekend,
I decided to give her a call. It was a short
conversation. She told me she got a few serious
calls, but then the newspaper refused to run her
ad again, warning her that she might be arrested.
You called her in 1997?
What gets me is why anybody would be willing to
sell a perfectly good kidney for a mere $30,000?
But then I remembered that people in Pakistan
and other parts of the world do this all the time,
selling a kidney for much less.
good working condition? People are allowed to
donate body parts if they are dead. Notice I
said donate, not sell. As it is, people have
to wait until they are dead before they can
donate their own body parts. Can't sell body
You can donate a kidney if you are alive, and have two good ones.
Why not sell body parts while still alive?
Why not sell body parts while still alive, for delivery after death?
those who are homeless. Rich and poor alike
receive body parts, and millions have agreed to
become donors themselves.
Not quite true. Rich and poor receive body parts, but not alike.
All too often the rich get what the poor need.
body parts for free? And what about waiting lists?
Why should there be waiting lists? If somebody
has the money, and is willing to pay the price ...
If somebody has the money and is willing to pay the price, the
poor will never get a transplant again.
And that is the basis for not allowing the sale of body parts.
Walmart is trying to get into providing health care.
The Walmart business modely requires cheap suppliers to provide cheap prices. That model is why this country has unemployment about 15% in real numbers.
Apply that to body parts.
To sell in quantity you have to have a supply of cheap parts.
That means a lot of donors/sellers.
With enough sellers you will be able to buy a kidney for $1000. Tomaintain
that we have to maintain a large number of people in poverty in this country.
It's hard enough to get a congress owned by the rich to do
anything to help lift people from poverty, with a need for cheap
body parts there will be that much more incentive to keep a
large portion of the population poor.
...Yep. I am both pro-life and opposed to selling body parts.
Yet it is okay to sell locks of hair to companies that
manufacture wigs. Some folks choose to donate locks of
are not opposed to selling or giving away hair, whether
Wrong, I figured it out long ago.
If folks can sell or give away hair, why not other body
parts?
Now back to reality -
Ok, who wrote this and signed Lee's name to it?
The otherworldlee Lee.
You called her in 1997?
The Wayback Machine is a most wonderful device ...
You can donate a kidney if you are alive, and have two good ones.
You can donate somebody else's kidney and have two
good ones. But if you donate one of your own kidneys,
you'd best hope you have one good one left. :)
How is a recipient going to know if he/she is receiving
a good body part or a bad body part? Are body parts given
ratings, such as excellent/good/fair/poor? Did Dick Cheney
have a choice of which heart he could get before surgeons
implanted him with a new heart? Or was he just lucky to
have gotten a good one rather than another clunker?
All too often the rich get what the poor need.
Why should the poor receive what the rich need most?
If somebody has the money and is willing to pay the price, the
poor will never get a transplant again.
So what? The poor will always be with us. The rich can
at least make a difference, at least while they are still
here. So might as well keep rich folks around for as long
as possible.
People in third world countries are willing to sell
a kidney for $1000. That might seem cheap to you, but
to them that is a fortune. Denying them the right to
sell their own kidneys (or other body parts) would be
keeping them in the poorhouse forever. Denying them
any hope of escaping a lifetime of poverty.
Walmart is trying to get into providing health care.
There is no such thing as providing health care in
this country. What we have is sick care, not health
care.
Walmart, like many other employers, are falling back
to using part time employees as a means of getting around
Obamacare. And until this country decides to get real
about health care reform, such problems will continue
to exist. Obamacare is not universal health care.
It was never designed for that purpose. What it does
is mandates each state to create its own version of
Romneycare. Republicans hate that. For a Cemocrat
to out-Republican Republicans.
Apply that to body parts.
Walmart selling body parts? With Mitt Romney
their pitch man? Hmmm...
To sell in quantity you have to have a supply of cheap parts.
That means a lot of donors/sellers.maintain
With enough sellers you will be able to buy a kidney for $1000. To
that we have to maintain a large number of people in poverty in this
country.
Mormons are missionaries. For example, Mitt Romney did
his missionary work in France. Not sure how many converts
he made, given virtually every Frenchman and Frenchwoman
was already a Christian. But he did learn how to speak
French. And how to kiss no wait a minute Mitt Romney
is a family guy and would never French kiss anywone ...
It's hard enough to get a congress owned by the rich to do
anything to help lift people from poverty, with a need for cheap
body parts there will be that much more incentive to keep a
large portion of the population poor.
Not to worry. With Obama everything gonna be free.
Yep. I am both pro-life and opposed to selling body parts.
Yet it is okay to sell locks of hair to companies that...
manufacture wigs. Some folks choose to donate locks of
are not opposed to selling or giving away hair, whether
You can give a kidney away, you just can't sell it.
Wrong, I figured it out long ago.
If folks can sell or give away hair, why not other body
parts?
Cause you grow back hair. It's not critical ... to most people.
Now back to reality -
Ok, who wrote this and signed Lee's name to it?
The otherworldlee Lee.
Ok, I believe that. After I checked it with the Men in Black.
By not allowing body parts (such as kidneys) to be sold,
there is a limitation on the number of body parts that can
be made available. And that keeps prices high, too high
for those without insurance to be able to obtain.
Except for the independently wealthy, who can get anything
they want whether legal or not.
Now back to reality -
Ok, who wrote this and signed Lee's name to it?
The otherworldlee Lee.
Ok, I believe that. After I checked it with the Men in Black.
Well, that third episode was a bit of a clunker for Tommy
Lee. But at least he survived. Sort of. :)
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