Your organs get taken without permission

Factual Questions
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The Father I mentioned is the fellow in Florida who sued the University of Miami for illegally taking his boy’s corneas. The trial is from 1998. I watched it, and listened as the dad said, via an interpreter, that he had nightmares about his boy’s empty eye sockets.

They are Zombies and believe the body and soul cannot rest if it has been violated.

Mr. Vermet and Ms. Vincent were awarded $120,000.00 each and give $200,000.00 in punitive damages.

That went against their religious beliefs, and that is why I sided with them.

lindsay

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All right,

I just read the other thread that was sent to GD and it got me wondering. Are you a pathological liar or are you just making this up as you go.

You state in this thread twice you have no desire for monentary gain from organ donation.

But in the other thread you state even more times that you feel you should be compensated for it.

Here’s one quote,
“My goal is to get my family some cashola for body parts.”

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This mess is my fault for mixing issues.

First, yes I was ticked to find out my husband’s body was violated. Right or wrong, we wanted all of him laid to rest.

The other issue is paying for organs. This was in the newspaper and a fellow responded that it is time to allow organ donors to be paid.

He pointed out that ‘thousands of people die yearly because potential donors are not motivated to contribute to strangers or seemingly abstract organizations.’

He then says the regulations that prevent donors from being paid are silly.

He then writes “With a transplant, the recipient receives life. The doctors and hospital get fat fees. But the most essential participant gets zip. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure this one out.”

That makes sense. Why not pay people to be living donors, or pay the family of the donor?

lindsay

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You read but do you understand?

There is no wish for payment of my husband’s eyes.

However, if someone wants my organs, payment is dandy, just dandy. If I am a living donor, then I will donate to someone I love, and my payment will be having them around longer.

But, if it is after I am dead, and the organs are to benefit strangers, then I want my family to get some scratch. Of course, this way I might be worth a lot more dead than alive, but if my brother is in Naples sunning himself, I am sure he will deal quite nicely with it.

Got it, it is MY organs I would like payment for?

lindsay

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I am beginning to understand more than I care to.

Note my post adressed your insinuation that an appology was in order from the posters who concluded you were pissed because you were not payed.

You claim not to be motivated by money. Split hairs on whether you were referring to yourself or whomever all you like.

You also claim you have no reservations to accepting money if you were to donate yourself.

Yet you state clearly,
“As I said we discussed this, and agreed we were not willing to be donors.”

So is it the cash? Or not?

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Very sorry for you loss.

A quick, somewhat related question. Does your interest in forensic medicine and neurology predate this incident, or stem from it?

If you were working in forensics before your tragic loss, how did the knowledge of harvesting escape you? Generally speaking, harvesting of some organs does not require a donor’s release (check your local laws). Consent is implied unless there is something specifically stated to the contrary.