Debt-hit students urged to sell their kidneys

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Debthit-students-urged-to-sell.6811975.jp

STUDENTS should be able to sell their kidneys for tens of thousands of pounds to pay off university debts, according to a Scots academic.
Sue Rabbitt Roff believes making it legal to sell the body part would boost the number of organs available to save lives and help students struggling with money.

She argues that donors should be paid the average UK annual income of around £28,000.

It is currently illegal to sell organs and tissues in the UK under the Human Tissue Act (2004) and across the world apart from in Iran.

More at the link ---

:wow:

[pnwmom]

1. This is evil. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

2. it's unbelievable! n/t

[shanti]

20. unbelievably evil

yes, ma'am.

[lumpy]

23. True Evil

x

[indurancevile]

7. yes, it is.

[Pooka Fey]

15. Agreed.

[Nye Bevan]

35. If one of my children would die without a new kidney

and someone with a compatible kidney was willing to sell one, and I could afford to pay, I would be sorely tempted. There is no reduction in the donor's life expectancy; perhaps they could pay off their debts and improve their lifestyle, and my kid would get to survive. I understand the ethical issues, but would this be the most evil thing ever? No.

[pnwmom]

36. Even for a healthy young person to donate a kidney isn't such an innocuous procedure.

Especially for a female, who might want to get pregnant, or anyone who might -- in the future -- develop high blood pressure, diabetes, or any other condition that can put a strain on kidneys.

We have a back-up kidney for a reason -- and it's not so we can sell it. No one should be so poor that they should be tempted to sell an important bodily organ.

I say this as the close relative of someone who might need a donated kidney some day. No one should be pressured into that kind of decision -- it's life changing.

[OhioChick]

3. This is REALLY fucked up! n/t

[katnapped]

4. It's coming to this country

TPTB will make sure of it!

[RKP5637]

13. They would take it even further and want to enact laws requiring

forced donation of body parts to cover any debt to society. In fact, the teabaggers would take advantage of this to get some donated brains!

[LiberalFighter]

21. The problem with accepting brains from others is that

those willing to donate their brains would not be all totally there.

[RKP5637]

34. Yeah! They'd be a bit shy of a six pack too, wouldn't they! n/t

[villager]

5. well, at least the economic elites are no longer pretending what it is they have in mind for us

...or how they view the "humanity" of we in the "lesser classes..."

[Newest Reality]

6. This is

not yet SOYLENT GREEN!

[RKP5637]

11. Getting close, still have eyes to go, limbs, various body parts. The human

species as a whole is disgusting, a failed extraterrestrial experiment. I have no doubt in some dark circles they are discussing soylent green.

[Newest Reality]

16. I wonder if

those rendering plants can be adapted to extract human protein?

http://www.naturalcanines.com/gpage8.html

http://www.bornfreeusa.org/articles.php?p=378&more=1

That is the kind of stuff that would make Morelocks drool.

[RKP5637]

31. Gross, isn't it! Probably! n/t

[Wilms]

8. Seeking Arrangement: College Students Using 'Sugar Daddies' To Pay Off Loan Debt

snip

A month prior, faced with about $15,000 in unpaid tuition and overdue bills, Taylor and her roommate typed "tuition," "debt," and "money for school" into Google. A website called SeekingArrangement.com popped up. Intrigued by the promise of what the site billed as a "college tuition sugar daddy," Taylor created a "sugar baby" profile and eventually connected with the man from Greenwich.

snip

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/seeking-arrangement-college-students_n_913373.html

[sasha031]

9. members of Congress will be advocating the same thing

to bad there isn't a high demand for organs of the elderly.
It would help pay for their medicine:sarcasm:

[DeSwiss]

10. What a pitiful excuse for a human is she.

Shylock:
Most learnèd judge, a sentence! Come prepare!

Portia:
Tarry a little, there is something else.
This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood;
The words expressly are "a pound of flesh."

- K&R

[smirkymonkey]

12. Not only is it effed-up, but it would barely make a dent in my

graduate student loan debt. And I'm not even using the degree. Most of the loan is capitalized interest from putting the loan in forbearance because I couldn't pay it off even though I was working.

It's about 5 times what I borrowed 15 years ago. Think I would have ever gotten that rate of return in the market or in a savings account? F-ing usury. :grr:

[Dawson Leery]

14. ...................

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[Maine_Nurse]

17. If I could hav e a good hospital/surgeon do the work for free...

I'd shed a kidney and probably a liver lobe to erase my $56K in student loans. I make $19.00 an hour as an RN, BSN and my loan payments kick my ass.

[grahamhgreen]

18. God forbid we re-tax the rich to pay for education.

[flamingdem]

19. rec for classic GD post nt

[KamaAina]

22. Positively Dickensian

with a dsah of Sweeney Todd thrown in for good measure. :scared:

[Blue_Tires]

24. or Swiftian (I hoped)

but satire died out awhile ago because the world was getting to crazy for it....

[saras]

25. As soon as I can sell other people's organs, I'm in - Burke, Hare, & Sons, Inc.

[suffragette]

26. Truly vile. And she notes she wouldn't do it herself.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Debthit-students-urged-to-sell.6811975.jp?articlepage=2

However, Mrs Roff said she would not sell one of her kidneys. "I don't feel the need or the pressure for money. I'm a middle-class person and I'm not in that situation. But we shouldn't legislate for other people.



I'd suggest she read Jonathan Swift, but she'd likely consider it a reasonable proposal and miss the satire.

[marmar]

27. It's like the movie "Dirty Pretty Things"

nt

[eppur_se_muova]

28. A modest proposal?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

[hifiguy]

29. I wonder which teatalitarian will

introduce legislation of this sort here, and when they will do it. You know it's coming.

[librechik]

30. A Modest Proposal?

is this guy going all Jonathan Swift on us? Or is he for real?

[Gemini Cat]

32. Gee. What will those crazy capitalist come with next?

Wrong on every level. I say this as a person who is close to several people on the transplant list. Some have waited for over ten years.

[WinkyDink]

33. Will they come with a nice Chianti?

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

37. Let's just go full "Logan's Run".... EOM