Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00366)

Hi, Bill:

Thanks for your support. Yes, with organs fetching so much money 
there have been concerns expressed in the press that some people are 
getting "harvested" when theu are still kicking.

Let's face it, medicine is a business, just as oil and politics and 
war are businesses. There have been speculations that people might 
be grown in third world countries in due course for the purpose of 
harvesting valuable organs. It makes me wonder if it will soon be 
illegal to hang around too long and prevent valuable organs from 
being exploited on the market. Human rights are well and good, but 
business is business. Predicting the future is always risky, but 
that would not surprise me at all. The movie LOGAN'S RUN may come to 
be true as well. At an absolute minimum we are going to see 
an "ethical" argument over who owns someone's heart, for example, 
whether it is the person who happens to be using it, or someone else 
who might be able to ake a fortune selling it on the open market. 
The question will be framed as one of legal ownership, whether your 
brain, for example, belongs to you or some well connected plutocrat. 
Even if it never gets past the debating stage, it's going to get 
interesting, that's for sure.

Did you hear on the news today that Bush is threatening other 
countries with nuclear war?

Steve

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Meredith" 
<bill_meredith@e...> wrote:
> < Let's face it, this is
> > the age of "compassionate conservatism," in which we invade oil
> > producing countries to seize the oil wells for private enrichment 
and
> > in which the Supreme Court elects presidents.>
> 
> Apparently, This must also be the age in which one is allowed to 
throw out
> the grain of truth traditionally found in good comedy.
> 
> Which countries have we invaded?
> Which oil wells have we seized?
> Which private individuals have been enriched by these invasions and
> seizures?
> Which presidents have been elected by the Supreme Court?