"It is meaningless to prohibit something without an associated penalty. What is the penalty for removing organs without permission?"It isn't meaningless, but it is very likely to be without consequence; you're dead so you can't do anything about it, and if your family and friends dare try, they are up against the State itself. Which gets us to the important question: how do you defeat the State?
Tuesday 19 January 2010
"Roue le Jour" On Organ Harvesting
Roue le Jour almost nails the issue of organ harvesting over on Samizdata (comment 31 in response to Laird):
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