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digonswine

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18. I doubt that the "religious" would have a problem with-

Reply to GoneOffShore (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 06:52 PM

Mar 2012

a loved one continuing to live with a needed new organ. I get what you are saying, though. I seriously know a few people who are not donors because they don't like the "idea" of it. They are clearly not comfortable with the inevitable dying portion of our life cycle and punish others with death due to their discomfort. I tend to not talk to this portion of my acquaintances very often.

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Why organ donation is an absolute good... [View all] cynatnite Mar 2012 OP

Thank you. Some of the comments I've read here about organ donation have K Gardner Mar 2012 #1

There are anti-organ donors on DU? GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #2

One person posted they only wanted the "right" people to get his or her organs... cynatnite Mar 2012 #4

Ah, the "Cheney Exception". GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #9

+1. TheWraith Mar 2012 #6

Thank you for focusing on the real issues in organ donation. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2012 #3

Thank you! Earth_First Mar 2012 #5

When my daughter Casey was killed in a car accident in '93 one of my greatest regrets monmouth Mar 2012 #7

Hugs. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #11

I am so sorry for your loss... cynatnite Mar 2012 #13

Please don't be so hard on yourself... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2012 #14

Thank you all for your kind words..n/t monmouth Mar 2012 #17

This is not something you can blame yourself for GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #16

I always wondered why organ donation- digonswine Mar 2012 #8

The "religious" would have problems with this GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #15

I doubt that the "religious" would have a problem with- digonswine Mar 2012 #18

I remind them of "Tikkun olam" GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #19

Shockingly--I have only recently heard that quote from Diderot- digonswine Mar 2012 #22

It's been rolling around in my head for awhile GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #23

It is not a call for violence- digonswine Mar 2012 #24

You nailed it. GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #25

Kick and recommend nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #10

May I throw in a pitch for blood donations also? rurallib Mar 2012 #12

It's a form of organ donation. GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #20

K&R. n/t FSogol Mar 2012 #21