tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post1521534517917474379..comments2023-09-01T07:04:13.381-07:00Comments on Reflections on Faith and Culture: More on the Crew of the Trojan HorseGil Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481878663941134090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-20886709170626909562009-10-27T16:33:56.866-07:002009-10-27T16:33:56.866-07:00I volunteer Mr Sunstein heart and brain. I have ev...I volunteer Mr Sunstein heart and brain. I have every right since he's not using them.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-56426416912393032782009-10-14T15:09:59.876-07:002009-10-14T15:09:59.876-07:00Cass Sunstein wrote: "the state owns the righ...Cass Sunstein wrote: <i>"the state owns the rights to body parts of people who are ... in certain hopeless conditions, and it can remove their organs without asking anyone's permission."</i><br /><br />.<br /><br />Benito Mussilini said: <i>Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato"</i> ["Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State"]<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br />BTW: That is a excellent selection Dan. However in Red China the state uses mobile rapid response surgical vans to "harvest" organs from condemned (and occasionally not quite dead yet) convicted criminals and political dissidents.<br /><br /><br /><br />... which reminds me I've got to find time to correct one of Gil's earlier posts in this regard ;-)Mike O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786963522098086259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-55039083617497190142009-10-14T09:49:41.188-07:002009-10-14T09:49:41.188-07:00This is NOT to make light of the macabre possiblit...This is NOT to make light of the macabre possiblities of your post--quite the opposite--but it's just impossible for me at this point not to post a bit of script from Monty Python's hilarious yet horrifying scene from Meaning of Life entitled, Part IV: Live Organ Transplants:<br /><br />(doorbell rings)<br /><br />MR. BROWN: Yes? <br /><br />MAN: Hello. Uhh, can we have your liver? <br /><br />MR. BROWN: My what? <br /><br />MAN: Your liver. It's a large, ehh, glandular organ in your abdomen. <br /><br /> (Mr. Brown stares)<br /><br />MAN: You know, it's, uh,-- it's reddish-brown. It's sort of, uhh,-- <br />MR. BROWN: Yeah,-- yeah, I know what it is, but... I'm using it, eh. <br /><br />MEN: Come on, sir. (they grab him)<br /><br />MR. BROWN: Hey! Hey! Stop! <br /><br />MEN: Don't muck us about. (they search him roughly and pull out his wallet) <br /><br />MR. BROWN: Stop! Hey! Hey! Stop it. Hey! <br /><br />MAN: What's this, then? <br /><br />MAN: A liver donor's card. Need we say more? <br /><br />MR. BROWN: Listen! I can't give it to you now. It says, 'in the event of death'.<br /><br />MAN: No one who has ever had their liver taken out by us has survived.<br /><br /><br />We need a little humor to make it through.<br />-dfDan Floriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431746528134190577noreply@blogger.com