Yeah, but it's still going to be hours or days before the physicians can match him with a recipient
That happens anyway when people donate organs. The system is setup to account for that.
Plus it's kind of fucked up to the hospital staff and patients to put them through the experience of watching some random guy blow his brains out on in the waiting room
If you make it opt-out, people will be forced to think about this and make a decision to either remain a donor, or opt out of it.
And if you make it opt-in and someone gets into an accident and can't be identified for whatever reason (do you always carry your ID when you leave the house?) his wishes aren't going to be respected.
In the absence of proof that a person consented to organ donation it's absurd to slice up his body and take his organs. The ownership of my body does not transfer to the state when I die.
So walk into the hospital, put your organ donation card down on the counter and blow your brains out. Seems simple enough to me.
I realize I'm being somewhat callus about this but the point is that he has control over his own body. If he's really determined that life is no longer worth living then there isn't a damn thing anybody can do to stop him from ending it.
NY is considering making organ donation the default status in the state unless you opt out of it. I actually think that's a bridge too far -- the state ought not to assume that I want to give away my body parts without confirmation of this wish.
Why doesn't he just shoot himself and render the whole debate moot? ALS doesn't cripple you so fast as to take away your ability to end your life. Is there some prohibition against harvesting organs from suicide victims that I'm not aware of?
Most cards in the US don't have that kind of insurance but they do come with other benefits like chargeback protection that you won't get with cash or a debit card. I'll use a credit card for online purchases (obviously) or big ticket items but I don't feel the need to run my daily grocery purchases through it.
Ever heard of the 1st amendment? I don't recall a clause in there exempting certain forms of expression from protection if they aren't complaint with the ADA.
I use cash for most of my transactions anyway. I don't see any reason to force small businesses to pay a 2-5% tax on my purchase just so I can avoid paying for it until next month.
However, you will likely have to face a bunch of pissed off people lined up in the proper direction waiting their turn.
You people just can't stop nitpicking this, can you? Two thoughts:
1) They'll get over it.
2) I don't know where you live, but around these parts there is rarely a line at the ATM. I've gone through them backwards numerous times before so as to enable friends to use the ATM without having to give me their PIN number. It's no big deal.
hinder the normal people from going about their business in the normally prescribed manner.
Driving into the ATM in the wrong direction does not "hinder" anyone.
Some people just seem to forget that the world doesn't owe them anything. If you're unemployed, that's nobody's problem except your own. Move to a city where you can find a job.
There's a difference between losing your job because of economic factors and losing it because of some new regulation or bureaucrat.
Not really related to the ADA but one of the most absurd things I ever saw was when OSHA fined my employer because we had a space heater with a uncovered fan in our maintenance shop. The fact that the space heater was mounted 20 feet off the ground and would require a ladder to reach didn't move the OSHA folks -- they still fined my employer. I guess someone could accidentally bring a ladder over and accidentally stick their hand into that fan or some such.
well, unless you are one of those people who insists on using Flash and Javascript for every damned thing, and considers creating a less "feature filled" version of your webpage to be an undue burden.
I consider the Federal Government telling me how to design my webpage to be an undue burden.
The passenger side of the vehicle can not reach a drive up ATM.
That's why cars have the ability to move -- there's no law against coming the opposite direction into a drive-up ATM -- besides, the user could be sitting in the backseat of the car......
Why should websites be exempt from these requirements?
Because I shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to make sure I'm complaint with thousands of pages of State and Federal regulations when I publish a webpage?
It never occurred to you that blind people might ride as passengers in automobiles that visit drive up ATMs?
A better criticism of ATMs is the fact that the number pad has braille on it but the user interface still requires you to be able to read a screen (to know which button along the display does WITHDRAWAL/DEPOSIT/BALANCE INQUERY/etc) in order to operate the device.
If a business doesn't cater to anyone handicapped (I guess it could happen), or just is ignorant enough to not do so and lose that business, that should be up to them.
STFU and do what the Federal Government wants citizen.
There's a difference between keeping logs of the e-mail metadata and retaining the messages themselves but I wouldn't expect an AC to make such distinctions.
When did you last delete something out of Gmail, for example?
As soon as I download them via POP3 into Thunderbird. But then, I'm paranoid regarding my data and don't wish to leave it on hardware that I don't own and control.
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However, I think suicide should be prevented by all reasonable means possible
Why? My body, my choice....
Yeah, but it's still going to be hours or days before the physicians can match him with a recipient
That happens anyway when people donate organs. The system is setup to account for that.
Plus it's kind of fucked up to the hospital staff and patients to put them through the experience of watching some random guy blow his brains out on in the waiting room
I didn't say it was without flaws.
If you make it opt-out, people will be forced to think about this and make a decision to either remain a donor, or opt out of it.
And if you make it opt-in and someone gets into an accident and can't be identified for whatever reason (do you always carry your ID when you leave the house?) his wishes aren't going to be respected.
In the absence of proof that a person consented to organ donation it's absurd to slice up his body and take his organs. The ownership of my body does not transfer to the state when I die.
So walk into the hospital, put your organ donation card down on the counter and blow your brains out. Seems simple enough to me.
I realize I'm being somewhat callus about this but the point is that he has control over his own body. If he's really determined that life is no longer worth living then there isn't a damn thing anybody can do to stop him from ending it.
That's between me and whatever Gods I believe in.
The free exercise of religion is sufficient reason on it's own for organ donation to be an opt-in affair.
NY is considering making organ donation the default status in the state unless you opt out of it. I actually think that's a bridge too far -- the state ought not to assume that I want to give away my body parts without confirmation of this wish.
Why doesn't he just shoot himself and render the whole debate moot? ALS doesn't cripple you so fast as to take away your ability to end your life. Is there some prohibition against harvesting organs from suicide victims that I'm not aware of?
If you don't own your body, then you are slave.
Then I guess we are all slaves because someone tried to put some THC into his body the other day and got arrested for doing so......
Most cards in the US don't have that kind of insurance but they do come with other benefits like chargeback protection that you won't get with cash or a debit card. I'll use a credit card for online purchases (obviously) or big ticket items but I don't feel the need to run my daily grocery purchases through it.
Ever heard of the 1st amendment? I don't recall a clause in there exempting certain forms of expression from protection if they aren't complaint with the ADA.
I use cash for most of my transactions anyway. I don't see any reason to force small businesses to pay a 2-5% tax on my purchase just so I can avoid paying for it until next month.
However, you will likely have to face a bunch of pissed off people lined up in the proper direction waiting their turn.
You people just can't stop nitpicking this, can you? Two thoughts:
1) They'll get over it.
2) I don't know where you live, but around these parts there is rarely a line at the ATM. I've gone through them backwards numerous times before so as to enable friends to use the ATM without having to give me their PIN number. It's no big deal.
hinder the normal people from going about their business in the normally prescribed manner.
Driving into the ATM in the wrong direction does not "hinder" anyone.
Some people just seem to forget that the world doesn't owe them anything. If you're unemployed, that's nobody's problem except your own. Move to a city where you can find a job.
There's a difference between losing your job because of economic factors and losing it because of some new regulation or bureaucrat.
Not really related to the ADA but one of the most absurd things I ever saw was when OSHA fined my employer because we had a space heater with a uncovered fan in our maintenance shop. The fact that the space heater was mounted 20 feet off the ground and would require a ladder to reach didn't move the OSHA folks -- they still fined my employer. I guess someone could accidentally bring a ladder over and accidentally stick their hand into that fan or some such.
well, unless you are one of those people who insists on using Flash and Javascript for every damned thing, and considers creating a less "feature filled" version of your webpage to be an undue burden.
I consider the Federal Government telling me how to design my webpage to be an undue burden.
The passenger side of the vehicle can not reach a drive up ATM.
That's why cars have the ability to move -- there's no law against coming the opposite direction into a drive-up ATM -- besides, the user could be sitting in the backseat of the car......
Why should websites be exempt from these requirements?
Because I shouldn't have to hire a lawyer to make sure I'm complaint with thousands of pages of State and Federal regulations when I publish a webpage?
Even the drive up ones!
It never occurred to you that blind people might ride as passengers in automobiles that visit drive up ATMs?
A better criticism of ATMs is the fact that the number pad has braille on it but the user interface still requires you to be able to read a screen (to know which button along the display does WITHDRAWAL/DEPOSIT/BALANCE INQUERY/etc) in order to operate the device.
If a business doesn't cater to anyone handicapped (I guess it could happen), or just is ignorant enough to not do so and lose that business, that should be up to them.
STFU and do what the Federal Government wants citizen.
but I have long since just decided I am happy for people to know most things about me.
Good for you. I'm not.
My real name is VERY similar to my slashdot ID
Whose fault is that?
There's a difference between keeping logs of the e-mail metadata and retaining the messages themselves but I wouldn't expect an AC to make such distinctions.
I answered them, you just refuse to accept the reality that your country behaves no differently from any other country.
When did you last delete something out of Gmail, for example?
As soon as I download them via POP3 into Thunderbird. But then, I'm paranoid regarding my data and don't wish to leave it on hardware that I don't own and control.
Send them to law school?
This is the first time I saw a self grammar Nazi.
FTFY ;)
So increment a counter. Still no need to log the URLs themselves.....