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Man Wants to Donate His Heart Before He Dies
Gary Phebus wants to donate his heart, lungs, and liver. The problem is he wants to donate them before he dies. Gary was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in 2008. Phebus says he'd like to be able to donate his organs before they deteriorate, and doesn't consider his request suicide because he's "dead anyway."
If you own your body, then you are able to sell it into slavery...wait.
That's ok they'll just wait until you're brain dead to do it.
Hell no point waiting I'll just send them around now!
It's called being a Walmart employee....
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your *self* and your *body* can be considered distinct.
It could also be considered that *nobody* owns you or can own you, not even yourself.(not my actual view but it's valid)
I would have thought if he's intent on it he could just walk into a hospital specializing in transplants and off himself in some way that wouldn't damage his organs.
Or just ride around on a motorcycle.
Let his family sell them on the black market, of course. What are you, some kind of communist?
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I'm not dead yet! I feel happy! I want to go for a walk!
All death is suicide. We chose to be born
Speak for yourself. I wanted to stay in there.
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Of course he would. He's greedy, not stupid!
Really? My voluntary cessation of breathing suggests you are wron
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I wasn't entirely satisfied with mine, it got kinda cramped after 9 months. So I keep trying out others to find the right fit for me. I'm sure there is the perfect one out there somewhere
I should totally get a +5 romantic for that one.
So we would basically GPL our organs.
ALL OF US are "dead anyway". Life is a condition with a 100% fatality rate. It's just a matter of when.
Lets say 99.999999%. There is that freaky Jewish zombie that nobody has been able to hunt down and decapitate yet...
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I am an organ donor.
My wife is an organ donor.
My children (6 and 4) are organ donors.
. . . are you trying to say that you believe in organ donation or what?
and whatever religious or superstitial concerns may arise,
Nothing personal, but I just wanted to point out the redundancy in this statement. ;-)
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