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Theodoric · 03-12-2003, 22:33

The BMA has organised a debate today on whether people should be allowed to sell their organs for transplants. Personally, I feel that this particularly repellent idea should not be given the slighest encouragement, and am surprised that the BMA have attached their prestigious name to it. The supporters of this idea claim that it would be strictly controlled, that donors would be at the head of the queue if they ever needed a transplant and that (pardon me, whilst I stop laughing) the rich would not be allowed to queue jump. As far as I am concerned, it will simply end up as an extremely unpleasant form of exploitation of the the poor, the disadvantaged and the desperate. I know that (nominally) illegal organ purchase occurs in many poor countries, but since when did two blacks make a white?

03-12-2003, 22:33	#1
Theodoric Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Posts: 2,974	A Disgraceful Debate The BMA has organised a debate today on whether people should be allowed to sell their organs for transplants. Personally, I feel that this particularly repellent idea should not be given the slighest encouragement, and am surprised that the BMA have attached their prestigious name to it. The supporters of this idea claim that it would be strictly controlled, that donors would be at the head of the queue if they ever needed a transplant and that (pardon me, whilst I stop laughing) the rich would not be allowed to queue jump. As far as I am concerned, it will simply end up as an extremely unpleasant form of exploitation of the the poor, the disadvantaged and the desperate. I know that (nominally) illegal organ purchase occurs in many poor countries, but since when did two blacks make a white?