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KT2000

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3. thanks for posting this

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 09:06 PM

Dec 2012

There are a lot of problems like this with the organ transplant business. Poverty and incarceration are taking a macabre turn and no one seems to be noticing.
Be on the lookout to for the RW, free-market crowd to push further on their desire to make organs just another commodity in the free-market.

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Ai Weiwei Retweets Organ Harvesting Petition to the White House [View all] DeSwiss Dec 2012 OP

I learned about this yesterday while shopping on Michigan Ave. postulater Dec 2012 #1

Many haven't heard of it..... DeSwiss Dec 2012 #2

thanks for posting this KT2000 Dec 2012 #3

Selling ones organs..... DeSwiss Dec 2012 #4

Agreed - what I have learned KT2000 Dec 2012 #7

What if we started a petition to harvest teabagger organs? At least they would be useful for Katashi_itto Dec 2012 #5

Their brains would be useless begin_within Dec 2012 #6

Not sure that's wise..... DeSwiss Dec 2012 #8