Soylent Green, Lite, Legislation

Though the geekWithA.45 references Larry Niven’s The Jigsaw Man, I also think that Soylent Green, lite, is also an apt analogy to this news.

New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky nearly lost his daughter, Willie, at 4 years old when she needed a kidney transplant, and again 10 years later when her second kidney failed.

“We have 10,000 New Yorkers on the list today waiting for organs. We import half the organs we transplant. It is an unacceptable failed system,” Brodsky said.

To fix that, Brodsky introduced a new bill in Albany that would enroll all New Yorkers as an organ donor, unless they actually opt out of organ donation. It would be the first law of its kind in the United States.

Listen up, New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky.  Though your parental love for your daughter is readily understandable, and commendable, this gives you no authority to attempt to force others to provide for her welfare to secure your personal enjoyment of her in the future.

Proposal: All New Yorkers Become Organ Donors

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/29 at 07:34 AM

  1. If Brodsky wants to lay claim to my guts, he can eat me. Literally. On prime-time Tee Vee.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/29  at  02:19 PM

  2. If I lived in New York, I’d take the trouble to opt out (no, I would not consider myself bound in conscience—this is mere theater) every year on Richard Brodsky’s birthday, and send him a card telling him so. For all the good it would do.

    Posted by Ken  on  04/29  at  10:31 PM

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