At 09:21 PM 12/19/02 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
My real objections here are in the case of severely limited resources, frex organs for transplant, going to people who caused their own problems (Mickey Mantle and David Crosby getting livers, after years of alcohol and alc/drug abuse). No one has been deprived of something because of Reeves' treatment.
OTOH, there was a story on the news the other day about a prisoner on death row who had received a heart transplant, and then died a few weeks or months later because he didn't take care of himself after surgery. Because he was in prison, though, the law said he was entitled to the best possible health care at public expense . . .
In Larry Niven's Universe He'd Have Been A Donor Rather Than A Recipient Maru
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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