Biznotic Love Trapezoid wrote:
success! i figured this would be a way to piss off a few people!
you're right, alcoholism is a sickness. however, when someone gets a new organ because an activity destroyed their organ, then continues to do the same activities that destroyed the original organ, that person is not deserving of the donor organ. people do quit drinking. it's not impossible, but you have to want to quit.
His skills as a footballer should have nothing to do with his access to healty organs, but i assume he got special treatment because he scored a few goals in an England top.
Let's say Joe Average was a lifetime smoker and needed a lung transplant. Lets say they had a donor and did a successful transplant. The reason for Joe Average's original Lung going tits-up was smoking 5 packs a day. If Joe Average continues to smoke after getting a new lung, is he an asshole or a hero? If he dies because of the continued smoking, should we feel sympathy or did Joe get what he deserved? As the old cliche says, "You made your bed, now you've got to lie in it"
The only problem I can see is that there arent enough donors.
A liver transplant, I can imagine, is not fun.
I am a donor, and would be happy if my dead, useless body was used to give Bestie a few more nights on the piss. Thats not an ethical issue for me or you.
The medical system is there to treat sick people. Where do you draw the line? turn away smokers, drinkers, drug takers, sportspeople, fat people, etc, etc.
The root of most illness, and most accidents is carelessness.
