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sportchampps

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Dec 22, 2012 10:15 PM
I got a new ID this week. While in line I noticed it was almost 50/50 on people choosing to become a donor. I choose to be a donor because I like the idea of helping others even when I'm gone. So are you an organ donor and why or why not?
Dec 22, 2012 10:15pm
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xKoToVxSyNdRoMe

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Dec 22, 2012 10:17 PM
Pretty sure I am. If I can't use it anymore hopefully someone else can.
Dec 22, 2012 10:17pm
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James Gatz

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Dec 22, 2012 10:24 PM
If you're not an organ donor, you're either an idiot or a lowlife.
Dec 22, 2012 10:24pm
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Midstate01

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Dec 22, 2012 10:34 PM
Why wouldn't you be.
Dec 22, 2012 10:34pm
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sportchampps

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Dec 22, 2012 10:39 PM
I know some people say no because of medical distrust or reliegous reasons
Dec 22, 2012 10:39pm
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sportchampps

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Dec 22, 2012 10:41 PM
Just googled it and only 38.2% of Americans are organ donors
Dec 22, 2012 10:41pm
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Dec 22, 2012 10:47 PM
I'am as well.
Dec 22, 2012 10:47pm
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Dec 22, 2012 11:15 PM
Im an organ donor. I dont really see a need for my organs when Im dead, so why not help out others?
Dec 22, 2012 11:15pm
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Dec 22, 2012 11:22 PM
Pick6;1349548 wrote:Im an organ donor. I dont really see a need for my organs when Im dead, so why not help out others?

Exactly
Dec 22, 2012 11:22pm
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James Gatz

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Dec 22, 2012 11:23 PM
sportchampps;1349522 wrote:I know some people say no because of medical distrust or reliegous reasons
Both examples of the idiot category.
Dec 22, 2012 11:23pm
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Dec 23, 2012 1:06 AM
James Gatz;1349512 wrote:If you're not an organ donor, you're either an idiot or a lowlife.
This.

The biggest problem is you have to tell them you want to become an organ donor -- that's what was explained to me at a BMV. So, you have all kinds of people who either a) don't know better; b) are stupid; or c) forget -- I think those are the main reasons why people may not be.
Dec 23, 2012 1:06am
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Tiernan

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Dec 23, 2012 1:14 AM
I donated my organ and my piano the last time we moved. Saved me alot of money since I no longer played either one.
Dec 23, 2012 1:14am
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Belly35

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Dec 23, 2012 7:02 AM
What parts I have left are pretty much used and abused :laugh:
Dec 23, 2012 7:02am
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Dec 23, 2012 8:17 AM
Tiernan;1349587 wrote:I donated my organ and my piano the last time we moved. Saved me alot of money since I no longer played either one.
God bless you. You are a true saint.
Dec 23, 2012 8:17am
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sportchampps

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Dec 23, 2012 11:38 AM
At the DMV they asked each person getting a ID if they wanted to be a donor. I know only about 1/2 the states use this process for becoming organ donors in other states they make it much harder to become a donor.
Dec 23, 2012 11:38am
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cat_lover

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Dec 23, 2012 2:37 PM
I am a donor but I want to apoligize to the person who gets my liver.
Dec 23, 2012 2:37pm
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Dec 23, 2012 10:42 PM
sportchampps;1349525 wrote:Just googled it and only 38.2% of Americans are organ donors

They should make it opt-out rather than opt-in.

I'll also echo the "no legitimate reason not to" sentiment.
Dec 23, 2012 10:42pm
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sportchampps

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Dec 24, 2012 9:21 AM
Only 54% of Ohioans are organ donors. The OC is killing that average.
Dec 24, 2012 9:21am
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Dec 24, 2012 11:40 AM
xKoToVxSyNdRoMe;1349507 wrote:Pretty sure I am. If I can't use it anymore hopefully someone else can.

Agreed.
Dec 24, 2012 11:40am
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Dec 24, 2012 11:48 AM
Most people can probably live on a lot less than they do. Most electronics are unnecessary. People can donate blood and plasma while living without any problems. Why don't people do all these things? Sometimes it's just a personal choice.

And to call anyone an idiot because they don't do something you do is just closed minded. Some people have either religious or personal reasons for not wanting to donate their organs. It's as simple as some people being partial to the idea of their body remaining in tact.

Another thing that everyone could do after death but don't is donating your body to science. It's something that will help out our scientific understanding and everyone in the long run. Is a person an idiot because they don't do it as they don't need it after they are dead? Nope, it's a personal choice.
Dec 24, 2012 11:48am
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Dec 24, 2012 11:54 AM
Fly4Fun;1350303 wrote:Most people can probably live on a lot less than they do. Most electronics are unnecessary. People can donate blood and plasma while living without any problems. Why don't people do all these things? Sometimes it's just a personal choice.

And to call anyone an idiot because they don't do something you do is just closed minded. Some people have either religious or personal reasons for not wanting to donate their organs. It's as simple as some people being partial to the idea of their body remaining in tact.

Another thing that everyone could do after death but don't is donating your body to science. It's something that will help out our scientific understanding and everyone in the long run. Is a person an idiot because they don't do it as they don't need it after they are dead? Nope, it's a personal choice.
I have all the papers filled out to donate my body. Just havent sent the papers in yet. I have some mixed emotions about being cut up after im dead. I am an organ donor so not sure why it matters either way.
Dec 24, 2012 11:54am
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James Gatz

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Dec 24, 2012 1:13 PM
Fly4Fun;1350303 wrote:Some people have either religious or personal reasons for not wanting to donate their organs.
If God would punish someone for living a good life, who had also given their organs to save other people when they pass, the fuck him. He has complete divine power and created the entire universe but can't restore organs when we're magically transported to the after life?

I stand by my statement that you're an idiot or a lowlife if you don't donate your organs.
Dec 24, 2012 1:13pm
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fan_from_texas

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Dec 24, 2012 1:14 PM
There was an interesting expose on it last year--I think in the WSJ or The Atlantic, but I don't recall precisely. The basic idea is that there are some real ethical concerns involved with organ donation, and being an organ donor has a statistically significant effect on the type of care you receive.

Basically, if they can raid you for parts if you die, interestingly enough, you're more likely to die. There is also some debate about when to declare people dead for organ harvesting purposes--some studies suggest it's done too soon so that the organs remain viable.

Certainly some room for debate on the issue.
Dec 24, 2012 1:14pm
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James Gatz

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Dec 24, 2012 1:24 PM
fan_from_texas;1350347 wrote:There was an interesting expose on it last year--I think in the WSJ or The Atlantic, but I don't recall precisely..
There was an article about organ donation in the WSJ that generated some controversy back in the Spring, but it didn't really address anything you said. It was more about informed consent, and whether brain dead patients feel pain when harvesting organs. It was also heavily criticized for incorrectly quoting a Medical Professor, and also ignoring the fact that your family still has to give consent to donate organs in a brain dead patient.

Do you have a link? Maybe we're discussing different articles
Dec 24, 2012 1:24pm
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fan_from_texas

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Dec 24, 2012 1:29 PM
I'm familiar with that article as well, but I was thinking of something else. I'm on my phone right now but will see if I can dig up a link later. It's possible, of course, that I'm just conflating the two in my mind.
Dec 24, 2012 1:29pm