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Originally Posted by jumpy
I can appreciate the sentiment behind drawing the public awareness to the issues of the lack of donor organs by using shock tactics.
But... I think it says something about a society which needs such a drastic measure to bring the plight of those who need replacement organs to the fore front of peoples attention. That is more disturbing than the actual concept of the show and its precept.
All the same having said that, it is in pretty poor taste reducing it to a competition on such a base level whichever way you look at it. :hmm:
The mere fact that it has the 'big brother' brand name attached to it means that even if it was aired on British tv I wouldn't watch it anyway.
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People should give organ donor some serious thinking as long as they still have the time. I don't like it when people neither say yes or no simply because they are too lazy to make a decision and think about it.
But that does not mean that everybody must agree on it being the right thing for him to do. people may have reasons why they do not wish to do it. and this then has to be accepted. I myself always carry a card in my wallet, saying that a "Patientenverfügung" (health care directive?) is available both with my parents and my lawyer. The card also summarises major points in that document concerning what kind if treatments I accept under what circumstances, and what not. I have strictly ruled out to receive a foreign organ in case I am not reaching a clear mind again so that I could be asked and think about the variables of the situation I am in. I also have ruled out that my organs are automatically donated in case my mind does not awaken again (after I had an accident, for example). It does not mean that I would never do it. But I want to have the opportunity to judge myself the situation i am in, and the details which makes every situation unique. Living as long as possible, no matter the material - and non-material - costs, is a crazy modern concept I do not buy. Neither with regard to others, nor with regard to myself. So, my decision depends. And if fate rejects me the chance to weigh myself the pro and con of the situation in question, my answer is no.