Stephen Black wrote: > Carol Devlolder said: > > >One last thing I will say though, is that there IS a basis in 3rd > >world countries for this fear. In some countries, there are people > >who are desperate enough to sell their organs (that extra kidney is > >unnecessary when you have no food), and those vital organs that > >don't come in pairs (such as the heart or liver) may be contracted > >for future use. > > There's an excellent fictional treatment of this issue in a recent > film about desperate illegal immigrants in Britain. It's called > _Dirty Pretty Things_ and stars the wonderful French actress Audrey > Tatou. That's not just my opinion, BTW. It gets a 94% approval rating > from newspaper critics at the film rating site RottenTomatoes.com
What�s more, it got a 95% approval rating from me when I saw it last year! But it certainly has no relevance to legitimate organ donating. No part of the process involved either public or private health systems. In any case, I suspect it was a purely fictional story, as I�ve never read anything about such occurrences in the press (and I read all the UK broadsheets on the excellent artsandletters web page -- as well as buying at least newspaper to read over breakfast!). Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
